ranchi sanchita kumari 26 a professional with a multinational company in gurgaon arrived at ranchis birsa munda international airport in a commercial airliner on tuesday afternoonreturning home after nine months sanchita had planned to meet her friends and go out for dinner during durga puja but after she bought her tickets her plans fell apart as she learnt about the jharkhand governments mandatory 14day home quarantine protocol for all passengers from outside the state i have been working from home due to the pandemic and i will be spending the pujas working and spending time with my parents under quarantine she saidkunal kumar rajak name changed on request is a sales representative with a pharmaceutical company in kolkata there is no home quarantine protocol in bengal when i boarded the shatabdi express i had the impression that the same would apply in jharkhand rajak a native of hazaribags chouparan told toi outside the government bus stand near ranchi stationrajak had plans to drive to netarhat and betla with his wife and kids during the puja and spend time amid nature i have to cancel my plans and stay home for 14 days pujas will be over by then rajak ruedlike sanchita and rajak hundreds who had scheduled their vacation to coincide with the festive season are now seeing their festival plans in pieces due to the state governments quarantine mandate with a few days to go for the pujas the hemant soren government is planning to strictly enforce the measures to prevent transmission of covid19 so far nearly 60 people have been booked in ranchi for flouting home quarantine ruleslokesh mishra ranchi adm law and order said under ranchi municipal corporation limits we have nine incident commanders ics monitoring the compliance of home quarantine management since we are witnessing a rise in arrivals of passengers by rail and air there are plans to deploy more teams for doortodoor monitoring surprise checks and followups with persons who have been put in home quarantine mishra said the frequency of surprise checks will be increased during the festive seasonas per regulations put in place by the state government only the person who is arriving from other states has to undergo a 14day home quarantine while their family members are free to move around district officials are keeping a record of those arriving by trains and flights by procuring their travel manifests every passenger is being checked for temperature and being stamped for home quarantinemeanwhile the ranchi airport premises is abuzz with activity ahead of the puja as airlines are witnessing a rush in both inbound and outbound flights at present we have 12 flights operating from here and all of them are going full vinod sharma the director of ranchi airport said