Srinagar (NVI): Exasperated authorities in Kashmir today asked people to immediately disclose their history of travel or contact with coronavirus positive persons, failing with legal action would be taken against them.
The final warning came as many people have been found hiding details of their travel history or contact with COVID-19 persons, endangering lives of others.
Pulwama District Magistrate said no case of self-reporting or voluntary disclosure of self-reporting will be entertained after 8 pm today.
He said any departure from disclosing travel history will be dealt with as per relevant laws and district police would initiate immediate action against such people, an official spokesman said.
The District Magistrate has been appealing people to shun irrational fear associated with disclosing their travel or the contact history with any COVID-19 positive person and cooperate with the authorities by self reporting of either history.
He urged the persons with any travel history to self report at established COVID-19 control room, on contact number 01933-240412 and 01933-240912, set up in CMO office .
Moreover, such persons can also contact Help Desk set up at CMO Office, Pulwama , Dr. Nuzhat on 7006130677and UZMA BASHIR on 9419297323.
Similarly people can also contact Help Desk established at PHC Awantipora, Dr Jaweed Mehmood on 9906785983 and Gh Hassan Magray on 8803948011 or can directly report https://pulwama.gov.in/notice/voluntary-report-of-travel-history/ uptill 8:00 pm today.
The authorities have reiterated that concealment of travel history or circumvention of screening would coerce the authorities to invoke relevant sections of IPC and stringent action shall be initiated under section 269 IPC( unlawfully or negligently doing something which is likely to spread infection of any dangerous disease to life), section 270 IPC ( malignant act likely to spread infection of dangerous disease to life), section 271 IPC (knowingly disobeying any quarantine rule) and section 188 IPC (for disobeying any Government order).
