Govt responsible for misery in quarantine centres: Cong

Expressing grave concern over the mismanagement of the quarantine centres and problems faced by the people kept there, the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Pritam Singh has held apathetic attitude of state government responsible for it. Singh said that situation of quarantine centres in the state is very pathetic and the death of a four year old girl from snake bite at quarantine centre of Betalghat in Nainital district exposes the system.

He said that in Udham Singh Nagar, one security personnel tried to sexually assault a woman at a quarantine centre.

Singh said that the administration’s insensitivity could be gauged from the fact that dead body of a girl in Rudrapur was not cremated for three days as her Covid-19 report was awaited.  The PCC chief alleged that quarantine centres are plagued with problems of drinking water and sanitation.

He said that 900 bed sheets went missing from the quarantine centre at Maharana Pratap Sports stadium, Raipur which shows gross mismanagement and corruption. Taking the government to the task for all these failures, the PCC chief said that such things happen when the government severs all communication with the opposition.

 He claimed that things could have been better managed had the government paid heed to the advice of the opposition on time. Singh said that the Congress party had suggested that the returning migrants should have been quarantined at the borders of the state but the government failed to take cognizance. The government sent the returnees to their homes and offloaded its responsibilities on the Pradhans who were ill equipped to deal with the situation. Singh said that the carelessness of government is now manifested in sudden spike in the number of patients of the disease and now no corner of the state is spared from the menace of the Covid-19.