Another video of migrant workers and their families being forced to bath with chemical upon their return to Bareill… https://t.co/H4K2TzpIn7 — TOI Bareilly (@TOIBareilly) 1585564363000

यूपी सरकार से गुजारिश है कि हम सब मिलकर इस आपदा के खिलाफ लड़ रहे हैं लेकिन कृपा करके ऐसे अमानवीय काम मत करिए। मज… https://t.co/O51ZULSkwD — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) 1585555627000

BAREILLY: Hundreds of migrant workers, including women and children, were forced to take bath in sodium hypochlorite solution (a disinfectant used by civic bodies for sanitization) after they arrived in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.Soon after the videos of the incident went viral on social media, DM Bareilly acknowledged the fact and said that treatment would be provided to the affected people and appropriate action would be taken against the officials guilty for the act. He also said that municipal corporation and fire fighting teams were deployed for sanitizing the buses but the officials took this step attempting to be extra cautious.CMO Bareilly Vineet Shukla also admitted the fact that this solution was harmful for humans and shouldn’t be sprayed on human body under any circumstances.Meanwhile, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also criticised this act on Twitter and said that everyone is collectively fighting against this calamity and such inhuman act shouldn’t be committed. Migrant labourers are already facing enormous trouble and spraying such chemicals would endanger their lives.Dr Vineet Shukla told TOI, “We are not sure why disinfectants were sprayed on labourers and there were no such instructions given to anyone. It has harmful effects on human body and we will identify and provide treatment to the people who were forced to take bath.”Speaking to TOI on the incident, superintendent of police (traffic), Bareilly, Subhash Chandra Gangwar said, “As a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus, spraying of disinfectant was carried out by Bareilly civic body in the presence of police and fire department on Sunday as hundreds of migrant labourers from parts of UP came back to their home town. Authorities sprinkled disinfectant on people before they entered the city as they had travelled many places and might have also come in contact with several others during their journey.”He further said, “It is not confirmed whether the chemicals being used are effective to combat coronavirus, however, the purpose was to avoid any risk and spray disinfectant on commuters, labourers before they enter city limits.”