Uttarakhand transport secretary writes to other state transport departments for assistance

Wednesday, 28 April 2021 | PNS | Dehradun

Stating that people arriving from other states are contributing to the surge in Covid-19 positive cases in Uttarakhand, transport secretary Ranjit Kumar Sinha wrote to the transport departments of various states on Tuesday to take necessary steps within their states.

Sinha informed that as per the Uttarakhand government orders, it is mandatory for the people returning here from other states to follow guidelines but it is not being properly followed by them. “Many people are arriving at borders without a negative RT-PCR report. The transport department here is conducting  regular checks and sometimes, the officials have to ask the travellers to return from the state borders if they fail to abide by the rules,” stated Sinha. According to him, if the transport department of other states will ensure that all the issued guidelines are being followed in their own states to travel to Uttarakhand, it will make things better for travellers as well as the department here.

Sinha said that he has written to the transport commissioners and the managing directors of transport corporation of the states like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh besides Chandigarh and Delhi and asked for their assistance. He said that he wrote to the transport departments of these states as most of the people arriving in Uttarakhand are from these regions. The transport secretary also appealed to all the people arriving here from other states to follow Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) released by Uttarakhand Government. He asked travellers to register in the smart city portal and carry a valid negative RT-PCR report while travelling to Uttarakhand. Besides this, he also instructed the transport commissioner of the Uttarakhand transport department to ensure the proper implementation of issued orders in the State.