Uttar Pradesh students stuck in Allahabad due to the coronavirus lockdown have started leaving for their native places, an official said Tuesday.
"Around 50 buses have departed from Allahabad. It will continue on Wednesday. The health check-up of students will be done. Only after the health check-up, they will be allowed to board a bus. After they reach their destination, another health check-up should be done," Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Information) Awanish Awasthi told reporters.
People coming from other states will be quarantined for 14 days at shelter homes in the state, Awasthi said.
"The labourers who arrived from Haryana on Monday night have been kept in quarantine. A discussion for bringing back workers from other states has started, said Awasthi