The latest decision of the State government making institutional quarantine mandatory for people coming from red zones of other States has put the district administrations in a tight spot. Officials said monitoring people returning from red zones was tough in the absence of a centralised system to receive and redirect people from red zone areas. For instance, 165 persons returned to Kottayam from the red zones till 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the district administration has prepared a list of 20,998 migrant workers who want to return home. Among them, West Bengal leads the tally with 14,092 persons, followed by Assam (2,455), Bihar (1,446) and Odisha (1,030).

Source: The Hindu May 07, 2020 17:41 UTC