Rs 1lakh fine on anyone carrying people illegally into Gadchiroli

Nagpur: Gadchiroli collector Deepak Singla on Tuesday announced a Rs1 lakh fine on transporters bringing persons without permission into the district that now has six Covid-19 cases.
The sixth sample tested positive at Nagpur’s Government medical college and hospital (GMCH) on Tuesday. It belongs to a labourer who had returned to Armori from Mumbai.
Singla said the person was taken directly to sub-divisional hospital from Armori check point and then shifted to the district hospital as he had symptoms. “We did not allow the labourer to enter Armori and hence it may not have to be converted into a containment zone as of now,” said Singla. He added that the man’s wife has tested negative.
The district administration will also slap a fine of Rs5,000 on any person found violating quarantine and containment zone restrictions. Anyone found having entered the district without permission from authorities will also be fined Rs5,000. The fines would be levied by the respective tehsildars and criminal action will also be initiated against them.
Singla said stringent actions are required against the violators as their entry was leaving the local residents angered. “We had to convince the people of the containment zones of Yengelkheda (north Gadchiroli) to cooperate as they feel Mumbai-based labourers returning home are the reason for their troubles now,” he said.
Singla has turned 10 places, including the quarantine centres, into containment zones. The district administration has also quarantined drivers of vehicles that had ferried the labourers to their respective villages. The villages too have been turned into containment zones in Kurkheda tehsil.