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The order comes a day after the Centre was asked to respond on the issue by the SC, which was hearing a set of petitions asking that migrant labourers who do not have COVID-19 be allowed to go home.
- Hazur Sahib, known as Takht Hazuri Sahib Sachkhand is one of the five takhts in Sikhism.
- It is located on the banks of the River Godavari, Nanded, MH.
- Every year, nearly 30 lakh pilgrims visit the religious site located near Godavari river.
- As per official figures, nearly 3,500 pilgrims were expected to arrive from Takht Sri Hazur Sahib in Nanded where they were stranded due to the lockdown.
- 1,400 labourers and nearly 3,000 students who were studying in coaching institutes of Kota returned to the state
- A majority of them have reached Punjab in batches in governmentarranged buses.
- Punjab on Thursday (30-Apr) saw 105 new cases of coronavirus, the highest single-day spike, with 87 of them those who returned to the from the Sikh shrine in Maharashtra’s Nanded.
- Wednesday (29-Apr): Punjab recorded 35 Covid-19 cases and a majority of them were pilgrims and students.
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- 577 samples tested (20% positive)
- Positive cases came in new areas (Bathinda, Jalalabad, etc.)
- Amritsar district also witnessed highest cases in a single day as 23 fresh cases were reported. (earlier total count was 14)
- 34 from Ludhiana
- 13 from Mohali
- They started returning to Punjab earlier but the order to quarantine them came five days later.
- Around 15 buses were sent without following the quarantine order.
- After non-resident Indians (NRIs), foreign travellers and Tablighi Jamaat attendees, it’s now the pilgrims returning from the Takht Sri Hazur Sahib and the students that are posing a serious challenge to the state administration
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