Political parties are also expressing concern over the suffering of stranded students, traders and pilgrims. They say that they are desperate to bring them home soon, especially due to the temperature rise across the country, but the government is not helping them. “Pilgrims from J&K, who were evacuated from Iran, alighted at an isolation bay in Mumbai, where they were checked by health staff and were handed over to naval authorities for quarantine. Height of the matter is that these evacuated pilgrims include old women. How can old women be made to stay at quarantine facilities even after their mandatory period is over,” asks Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, President, Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP).