Registration begins for stranded Odias
BHUBANESWAR: The online registration process for stranded Odias, who want to come back, started on Friday with the state government launching a portal (covid19.odisha.gov.in). Registration can be done both in Odia and English.
The state government is on its toes to manage the post-lockdown situation in the state as around 7.5 lakh Odia people, including migrant workers, students, professionals, pilgrims and others, are expected to return once the lockdown is lifted. The state government has made it mandatory for everyone, who wants to come back to Odisha, to register himself/herself on the portal.
State panchayati raj secretary D K Singh, in a recent advisory to the collectors, said, “In no case, persons coming from outside the state shall be allowed to go to his home without being kept in quarantine in the temporary medical camps in gram panchayats for 14 days.”
An official source said if someone would return without being registered, he/she will be asked to register on the spot and sent to quarantine centres.
“We cannot sent him/her back but he/she has to stay in quarantine facilities wherever the administration wants and not necessarily near his/her localities. All those who want to return should register through the portal or with the help of any of their local contacts,” said an official. People without any local contact can also register with the help of panchayat or ward nodal officers, whose details have been shared on the portal. Every returnee will be screened at the arrival points like bus stands, railway stations and airport.
Even as many states have sent special buses to other states to bring back their people, there is no clear picture whether Odisha will arrange special trains and buses to bring back people from other states.
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