In a move to curb the movement of migrant workers on roads and highways, the Centre on Sunday used the Disaster Management Act to fix responsibility on district magistrates and senior superintendents of police to seal district and state borders while making arrangements for those on the roads to be housed in shelters.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/coronavirus-onus-put-on-dms-sps-to-check-influx/articleshow/74880278.cms