<span style="color: #222222;">In Himachal Pradesh as many as one lakh people stranded in various parts of the Country have returned to the State and  55000 more people  are expected to come back within next few days.<br />''<br />''In view of this Panchayat Pradhans across the state have been asked to keep a close surveillance on people arriving in their areas from other parts of the country.Meanwhile the total number of active positive covid 19 cases in the state has been risen to 24.<br />'' <br />'' In order to ensure social distancing for people under isolation, Pradhans  have  been asked to  provide space at community center, Panchayat Ghar and Mahila mandal bhawan.<br />''<br />''Chief Minister jairam Thakur said Gram Panchayats  of Hamirpur and Una district are  playing  a significant  role in fighting the COVID-19 by sensitizing people regarding importance of isolation and social distancing .He said if anyone found violating the  home quarantine norms, the matter should be brought immediately before the district administration so that individual could be kept under institutional quarantine.<br />'' <br />'' The State Government has also  developed geo fencing app to ensure that people coming from other States do not violate the quarantine period. Meanwhile about 300 students would also be arriving from Ukraine at Chandigarh soon. All these students would be kept under institutional quarantine.<br />''<br />''On the other hand the state continues to see a surge in active covid 19 cases during the last five days.So far 24 Active covid 19 case has been registered in the state.Maximum number of active cases has been reported from Kangara district followed by Chamba.</span>