Home Secretary Allows Movement of Persons across State Borders
through Respective State Governments
[MHA Press Release dated 29.04.2020]
As a result of lockdown restrictions to fight COVID--19,
migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons are stranded at
different places in the country. Now, the Centre has permitted the movement of these
stranded persons by road. They would be allowed
to move between one State/ UT to another State/ UT, after
the concerned states consult each other and mutually agree to.
It has also been impressed upon that on arrival
at their destination, such person(s) would be assessed by the local health authorities,
and kept in home quarantine, unless the assessment requires keeping the person in
institutional quarantine. They would be kept under watch with periodic health check-ups.
For this purpose, States/UTs have been requested
to encourage such persons to use Aarogya Setu app through which their health status can be monitored
and tracked.