People going to native places on foot will be stopped: Gujarat DGP

AHMEDABAD: Urging people to support the administration in implementing lockdown, DGP Shivanand Jha said on Sunday that the steps being taken by police and administration might cause inconvenience, but they are for the good of the people.
Referring to the issue of stranded migrant workers, the DGP said each worker desirous of reaching their home state will be sent by proper government process. He criticized people setting out on their own for their home states without following procedure.

“Such people who try to reach their home states on foot will be stopped and taken to shelter homes. And from there, with proper coordination with the administration, they will be sent to their home states or districts,” Jha said. Jha said it has come to notice that many people move across districts without authorization. Such people put theirs and the lives of others at stake. “If travelling from one district to another is unavoidable then get a pass from the collector and then go. And after reaching their destination, people should quarantine themselves for a prescribed time limit,” he said.