IT Correspondent
Mumbai: Aug. 8:
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has made 14-day home isolation compulsory for all domestic passengers arriving in Mumbai and put a stamp on their left hand for identification.
As per the latest order issued on 3 August 2020, by Additional Municipal Commissioner P Velrasu, this is as per standard operating procedure (SOP) formulated by Maharashtra Government on 25 May for all incoming domestic passengers.
“Some instances have come to the notice that some government officials after landing in Mumbai show their government ID card and secure exemption. For exemption, it has to be made in writing to [email protected] at least two working days before landing stating full details of the work and also justifying their request for home quarantine exemption,” the order read.
The Maharashtra government had issued Standard Operating Procedures for passengers of domestic flights when services resumed after a gap of two months owing to the coronavirus- -induced nationwide lockdown.
The guidelines stated that all passengers will be stamped and will have to go to 14-day home isolation. Aarogya Setu app on passenger’s smartphone is a must and passengers should not be from containment zones. The home quarantined will self-monitor their health. Local district/municipal administration has been authorised to give exemption from quarantine for contributing to an office or for other important work after checking passengers.
The state government appointed the additional municipal commissioners in the state as the nodal officers for the purpose of enforcing the SOP norms and said every arriving air passenger will be required to declare after arrival that he/she has not been affected by Covid-19, neither shown any symptoms of Covid-19 nor resided in any containment zone.
Maharashtra’s total number of COVID-19 cases now stands at 1,46,268 positive cases, including 3,05,521 recoveries and 16,476 deaths.
