As many as 23 labourers ran away from a quarantine centre in Dantewada. (Representational)
As many as 23 labourers who had returned from Telangana, ran away on Thursday from a quarantine centre in Dantewada district of Bastar region in Chhattisgarh.
"Yesterday 23 labourers ran away from boys hostel in Aranpur, which was made a quarantine centre for migrant labourers," police official Abhishek Pallav said on Friday.
The migrant labourers had returned to the village from Telangana on May 5 and May 6.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has granted permission for movement of the stranded people, including migrants labourers, workers, students, tourists, and issued guidelines concerning relaxations during the extended lockdown.