Movements Of Those Coming To City Will Be Strictly Tracked
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai: 19.08.2020
Residents of Chennai and thousands of others who are returning to the city should realise that the relaxation allowed by the Tamil Nadu government is only in terms of the epass.
The quarantine system followed by Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) will continue to be as strict as it was. Those coming in to Chennai will have to quarantine themselves as per the existing rules and their movements will be strictly monitored by officials.
For instance, those coming to Chennai from other districts of the state and leaving the city within 48 hours will not have to follow the home quarantine rules. However, they would have to quarantine themselves when they return to the native district.
In case someone comes to Chennai and is not returning within 48 hours, they would have to undergo quarantine for 14 days. “A home quarantine sticker would be pasted on their residence,” a senior civic body official said. The address would already be provided when the person applies for the e-pass, the official added.
The corporation already has a strong home quarantine monitoring system using which they track several categories of people including those who are positive, contacts of positive patients, those tested and waiting for results and those who have returned from foreign countries, other states and other districts.
In fact, residents have been getting calls from the cyber cell of police if found venturing out of their homes, in a few cases.
There has been a huge influx of people into the city after the e-pass system was made simpler from Sunday. People wishing to travel between districts of the state just have to apply on the epass portal with their Aadhaar card or ration card details. No additional documents are required.
On Monday alone, the civic body issued e-passes to 14,355 people, official data showed. Of this, 11,608 were people who were returning from other districts of the state. Compared to this, when the e-pass regulations were strict till last week, only around 5,000 people were coming into Chennai on a daily basis, data showed.
This is obviously going to increase the workload and tracking mechanism for the corporation officials on the ground as the numbers are only going to increase everyday.
Corporation commissioner G Prakash said that this would be one area where systems would have to be followed strongly now.
However, officials say they are geared up. “We have a proper volunteer mechanism as well as tracking system which will help us ensure minimum lapses,” an official said.
There has been a huge influx of people into the city after the e-pass system was made simpler from Sunday. People wishing to travel between districts of the state just have to apply on the e-pass portal with their Aadhaar card or ration card details
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