Bhubaneswar, May 5 -- Berhampur: They said they would starve to death if the State government doesn't facilitate their homecoming. Desperate measures were taken to bring these stranded migrant workers back, and the rest is history.

A district which obeyed every rule in the book to stay away from the novel coronavirus (n-CoV), suddenly seems to be on the verge of becoming the most vulnerable with the return of thousands of migrants from Surat and other COVID hotbeds. So far, 3 Surat returnees have tested positive for COVID-19 in Ganjam district while countless reports surfaced wherein some of them violated norms, threw food and even fled government quarantine.

Despite a strict 43-day restriction to flatten the curve, the green zone turne...