Sangeeta Pranvendra
Jaipur
Angry scenes and long queues of vehicles were visible at Ratanpur along the Rajasthan-Gujarat border in Udaipur district of Rajasthan. A large number of migrant workers and non-resident Rajasthanis were waiting to enter into Rajasthan. They had the requisite permission, but were refused entry as the Rajasthan government on Thursday ordered the sealing of all inter-state borders. The people wishing to enter Rajasthan had to travel via Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Ditto was the state of affairs in Jalore and Sirohi along the Gujarat border and Bharatpur bordering Uttar Pradesh. The situation is expected to aggravate as close to 15 lakh people from Rajasthan have registered on the government portal to return to the state.
District collectors have communicated to their counterparts across state borders that people would not be allowed to come in due to the government order, but those with requisite permission, who had already left and travelled for over two days to reach the Rajasthan border were demanding that either be taken in or be transported back to where they came from. The people were travelling in buses and cars and long queues could be seen at the state borders, especially at Udaipur.
Casualties are also being reported as non-resident Rajasthanis and migrant labour were trying to get back to their homes. A family of six travelling from Maharashtra to their Sirohi home was killed in a head-on crash on Abu Road. A man travelling from Maharashtra died after suffering a heart attack at Mawal along the Rajasthan-Gujarat border in Sirohi. He was administered CPR and referred to a hospital but he collapsed before he could reach there. While there has been no official communication from the government on the issue, it is believed the decision was taken after several migrants coming back home tested positive.
The decision to seal borders is a major U-turn in Rajasthan government’s policy about bringing back migrants and non-resident Rajasthanis home. The government had adopted a proactive approach and said the people needed to come back to their homes to feel safe. Rajasthan government had been among the first to demand trains for migrants to be brought home from other states. But sealing inter-state borders just as the home-coming process begins is a decision that is baffling.
source https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/rajasthan-borders-sealed-people-stuck
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