alwar long queues of people on both sides on the rajasthanuttar pradesh highway in alwar and bharatpur anxiously wait for their turn to get screened by a team of health workers so that they can enter into their respective states the 21day lockdown announced by pm narendra modi has sparked fear among the workers who despite assurances are covering hundreds of kilometres walking the state has set up 14 check posts in alwar and 15 check posts in bharatpur covering almost all routes to uttar pradesh the check posts have been jointly set up by the police and the health department and are screening migrant workers entering and exiting into their native states not only are we screening people but also counselling them on how the virus spreads and how to practise social distancing the job is equally important to contain the spread of the virus in the lockdown period said dr rajbir singh who is screening workers at bharatpuragra border every day he sees hundreds of migrants movement the screening includes body temperature travel history and counselling those who are unwell or have symptoms will be directed to the other team said singh who is in rarar village on the tip of the border singh alarms the health teams if he finds any suspected patient from those coming from the pandemichit bhilwara and jhunjhunu he stamps them with home quarantine and sends them to the district hospital for further rounds of scrutiny the health workers have been working round the clock in 23 shifts with bare minimum facilities like personal protective equipment and no washrooms