Cabinet Secy raises alarm to states on monitoring of foreigners' arrival

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has instructed the state governments to step up surveillance of international passengers. According to his letter to chief secretaries of all states and Union territories, 15 lakh (1.5 million) international passengers arrived in India in the last two months and 'there is a gap' between actual monitoring of the international passengers and total arrival.

In the letter, Gauba wrote, "such a gap in the monitoring of international passengers may seriously jeopardise the efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus." He also pointed out that many amongst the persons who have been tested positive for