<span style="color: #222222;">The Himachal Pradesh government has spent Rs. four crore for bringing back residents stranded across the country to the state by arranging transportation.<br />''<br />''So far 1 lakh 70 thousand people have returned to the state amid COVID 19 pandemic.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, the state government is making every effort in bringing back its residents from other states.<br />''<br />''According to the state government, a total of Rs 4 crore have been spent in bringing back more than 51000 people stuck at various parts of the country by arranging 2,200 buses and 13 trains.<br />''<br />''Interacting with a media person in Shimla today, Chief Minister Jairam Thakur said that his government has succeeded in controlling community spread of COVID19 by ensuring to keep returnees arriving across the country at institutional quarantine.<br />''<br />''He said the state was having only one active case during the first week of May which has now risen up drastically after the return of 1.70 lakh state natives.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile testing capacity for COVID19 in the state has been increased to 1400 per day.<br />''<br />''The recovery rate has also been increased to 40 percent in the state. However, the death rate is 1.52 percent.</span><br />