Few days back, nearly seven migrant labourers quarantined themselves since they arrived in their village on March 25 from Chennai
Current Affairs : On March 23, when Tapan Biswas, who fills in as an artisan in Kerala, returned to his home at Madarihat in north Bengal’s Alipurduar, his neighbors were quick to illuminate the police about his appearance. Nonetheless, for five days, Biswas was not detectable while police, nearby Panchayat individuals and neighbors continued searching for him. Biswas says he was stowing away at his home as he was frozen by the possibility of being removed by police for a wellbeing check up. All things considered, Biswas was screened for Covid-19 and let follow being approached to remain in disengagement for about fourteen days. Notwithstanding, bothered with steady vigil of individuals, he says, “Everybody is stating I went out, when I didn’t. I am being annoyed. What is my deficiency? I returned home following 5 days of movement and this is the means by which I am treated here. “
Not many days back, almost seven transient workers isolated themselves since they showed up in their town on March 25 from Chennai.
In the last ten to fifteen days, West Bengal has considered gigantic to be of transient laborers as they got back due to Coronavirus alarm. Be that as it may, their arrival has set off a feeling of dread among local people, inciting them to take upon themselves the undertaking of policing, in order to ensure against network transmission of Covid – 9.
As indicated by P Nita, towns in north Bengal, one of the center points of transient specialists in Bengal, towns have drawn their own limits and are educating police when they are seeing an obscure face in their region. “Local people have been proactive to the point that even outside bazaars, game plans have been made for cleanser and water and nobody is permitted to enter the market without washing hands,” she says.
On the other side, on a long haul, such policing may likewise appear as social ostracisation and battle about assets.
Aditi Mehta 