Cabinet Secy Urges States to Carry out Intensive Contact Tracing of Tablighi Jamaat Returnees

New Delhi: Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba took a meeting today by video-conferencing with all the Chief Secretaries and DGPs of the States and stressed about the intensive contact tracing of Tablighi Jamaat returnees as this has increased the risk of containment efforts of COVID-19.

“The States were sensitized about the intensive contact tracing of Tablighi Jamaat participants as this has increased the risk of containment efforts of COVID-19. The States were asked to complete the contact tracing process on a war footing”, an official statement issued by the Cabinet Secretariat said.

“It has been found that foreigners who had participated in the Tablighi Jamaat had violated visa conditions. The States were asked to initiate action for violation of visa condition against the foreigners and the organizers of the event”, the statement added.

The Cabinet Secretary has also asked the States to implement the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana by next week.

This will involve large cash transfer to beneficiaries. It should be organized in a staggered manner to ensure social distance, he said.

He also urged the States to ensure that intra-state movement of goods is allowed without any hindrance while maintaining social distance.

The manufacturing of essential goods should be ensured and the supply chains of such goods are maintained, he stressed.