Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: A day after the Ladakh administration has booked seven General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) contractors for allegedly violating COVID-19 guidelines while bringing labourers to Ladakh, authorities have detected some cases of fake RT-PCR negative reports.
Taking serious note of such fake cases, authorities have directed concerned officers to take strict action against those who were found involved in producing these fake reports to enter Ladakh.
Chairman, DDMA Leh, Srikant Susue threatened to register FIR against those furnishing fake RT-PCR reports. He instructed the squad to ensure enforcement of all precautionary measures as per MHA guidelines instead of limiting themselves to checking face masks.
He also reviewed the current Covid-19 testing status in the district and impressed upon the concerned officials to conduct house-to-house surveillance of locals and provide data regarding asymptomatic cases and quarantined people.
As reported earlier despite strict restrictions imposed by the authorities of the Union Territory of Ladakh to ensure 100 testings of all travelers from outside, some officials of the General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) have brought labourers without mandatory RT PCR negative reports. Taking serious note of the brazen violation of COVID protocol, District Administration, Leh has registered FIR against seven GREF mates.
“Continuing its vigilance to check COVID-19 violations in the wake of exponential increase in Corona-positive cases, the District Administration initiated legal action by filing FIR against 7 GREF mates for bringing labourers into Leh without RT PCR negative reports”, officials of Leh administration stated on Tuesday.
Chairman, DDMA Leh, Srikant Suse deputed Additional Deputy Magistrate, Leh, and Tehsildar, Leh to inspect the BRO/GREF camps where the labourers inducted by them were kept. After being tipped off by the COVID Surveillance team, it was found that mates/contractors were violating the COVID-19 protocols by bringing labourers into Leh without the mandatory negative RT PCR test reports as directed by the administration.
During the inspection at the various camps, the district officials found COVID-19 SOPs and COVID appropriate behaviours being violated. Therefore, FIRs were filed by the District Police, Leh against seven GREF mates for violating Covid-19 protocols under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Disaster Management Act. |
