Reports have been received on unwarranted directives/ statements being issued by certain individuals/organizations obstructing entry of person(s) returning to Nagaland from outside the State into their Wards/ Colonies, even after completion of the stipulated quarantine period, or for home quarantining of the concerned person as per the existing orders and guidelines of the Government.

In certain cases, undue obstructions are being created for setting up of Quarantine Centre(s) by the State Government in the Wards/Colonies.

All the Deputy Commissioners have been asked to sensitize the concerned individuals/organizations/colony authorities in their district on such unwarranted actions which infringe on individual rights as well as in violation of Government Orders. Thereafter, immediate and effective penal action be taken against any such individuals/organisations obstructing entry of persons to their Colonies or Wards, or for setting up of Quarantine Centres by the Government under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and the Disaster Management Act, 2005 besides other actions as deemed appropriate.

(DIPR)