Inhumane! 'Disinfectant' Sprayed On Migrant Workers Who Returned To UP To 'Sanitise' Them
Migrant workers who returned to their homes from different cities were forced by district administration to "take bath" in groups with disinfectants before they were allowed to enter the district border.
The officials in Bareilly used sodium hypochlorite solution in UP, used to clean buses and other things.
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According to the video footage making rounds on social media, men, women and children are seen squatting on the road near a checkpoint in Bareilly, as men in full protection gear spray disinfectant through a hose pipe on them. The migrants are fully-clothed and also have their luggage with them, over which the solution is sprayed.
In the video, one man is spraying the disinfectant on those workers, while the other one is shooting it asking workers to keep their eyes shut so that the solution doesn't enter their eyes.
Inhumane act! Are we humans?
¡ª Shaheen Sayyed (@nihahs24) March 30, 2020
Disinfectant sprayed on migrant workers, what are they trying to kill? humans or virus? @narendramodi @myogiadityanath
Just remember #COVID19 doesn't target any religion, cast, rich or poor it only target humans. pic.twitter.com/GJ7NAargkQ
Meanwhile, Samajwadi president Akhilesh Yadav targeted the Yogi Adityanath government over spraying a group of people with disinfectant to sanitise them.
"The spraying of chemicals on migrants to sanitise them has raised a few questions. Has the World Health Organisation given any direction in this regard? How do you treat the burning sensation caused by these chemicals? What arrangements are made for people to change out of wet clothes? What alternatives have been made for the food that gets wet due to spraying?," he tweeted.
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¡ª Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) March 30, 2020
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The incident has caused massive furore on Twitter with people criticising the move and calling out the government for the "inhumane" treatment of their own people.
They¡¯re spraying migrant workers in Bareilly with disinfectant like objects wtf where¡¯s the humanity? This really hurts to see how the poor are treated
¡ª ? Se¨¢n ?? (@sean_rebeiro) March 30, 2020
THIS IS NOT OK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS pic.twitter.com/30ultxqqam
This is pathetic...#migrant workers being sprayed with #disinfectant in #Bareilly in #India. Did we treat those who arrived (with #Covid) by planes from abroad the same way? ?@sandeeprrao1991 @tinucherian @mathangcito @BalooET @ragkrishnan_ET @PhadnisShilpa @toi_ManujaV https://t.co/Zl6broWoF3
¡ª Rakesh Prakash (@rakeshprakash1) March 30, 2020
In UP's Bareilly, migrant workers and their families made to squat on roads, sprayed all over with disinfectant.
¡ª Rohan Dua (@rohanduaTOI) March 30, 2020
In full public view. Discriminatory, patronising tone by officials
UP CM @myogiadityanath may want to probe this#CoronavirusLockdown #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/lFmdgh1tKX
Migrant workers and their families in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly made to squat on roads, sprayed with disinfectant. #CoronavirusLockdown #CoronavirusOutbreak
¡ª Azar A Sheikh (@iAM_AzarAliShek) March 30, 2020
Migrant workers and their families in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly made to squat on roads, sprayed with disinfectant. Shameful!!#CoronavirusLockdown #CoronavirusOutbreak pic.twitter.com/oil72NIVj1
¡ª Chiranjeev Rao (@Chiranjeev_INC) March 30, 2020
