Chhattisgarh Police use app to keep an eye on home quarantined people

Nearly 6,200 people, most of them with history of travel to foreign nations or other affected states in India, are being kept under home quarantine in Janjgir-Champa district.

In a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, police in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir-Champa district have created a mobile application to keep tabs on those violating the home quarantine order, an official said.

Nearly 6,200 people, most of them with a history of travel to foreign nations or other affected states in India, are being kept under home quarantine in Janjgir-Champa district.

"With a large number of people in home quarantine, it is not possible to keep each one under surveillance on a regular basis. So, we decided to use the digital mechanism to tackle the issue," Janjgir-Champa Superintendent of