Train from Delhi reaches Assam, passengers taken for quarantine after screening

May 13: In a special train carrying over 500 people from Delhi to Dibrugarh, 130 passengers got down at Guwahati Railway Station On Wednesday night. State Health Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma was present at the Guwahati Railway Station to oversee their de-boarding and transit process. They shall be taken for screening and quarantine. The minister already informed that those who would enter Assam from other states would now be sent for strict institutional quarantine facility.

In a special train carrying over 500 people from Delhi to Dibrugarh, 130 passengers deboarded at Guwahati. We were present at the Guwahati Railway Station to oversee their de-boarding and transit process. They shall be taken for screening and quarantine.#AssamCares pic.twitter.com/FuEVXLnLVe

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 13, 2020

Out of the 130 people who deboarded the train from Delhi to Dibrugarh, in Guwahati, 51 were brought to Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati for mandatory screening, while remaining have been sent back to their respective districts. After their swabs are taken, these 51 would be put in quarantine. Once the rest reach their respective districts, they too would be put under compulsory quarantine.