Arrange transport for home quarantined persons: BMC to collector

BMC on Friday wrote to Mumbai suburban district collector to arrange 25 n-AC buses and taxis at airport here to ferry travelers with home quarantine stamps to ir desired destinations. As per letter, signed by BMC commissioner Praveen Pardeshi, buses will be used to shift home quarantined persons, if ir number is big eugh, and destination is within 300 kilometres from Mumbai, whereas taxis will be used for distances beyond 300km.

According to letter, cost of such transport will have to be borne by home quarantined person. BMC said this arrangement was required as number of people ordered home quarantine in Mumbai was rising and number of rooms were falling short. decision on arranging buses and taxis was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, a BMC official said, as several persons with home quarantine stamps were found using public transport to reach ir destinations.

Incidentally, Western Railway de-boarded over 20 such travelers from its trains in last two days. Earlier, Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope had said home quarantined persons should avoid public transport and travel only in private vehicles.