Chief Secretary of Assam Kumar Sanjay Krishna on Tuesday said that no inter-district movement of people will be allowed without valid authorization of Deputy Commissioners'.
Krishna in a Tweet said, "No inter district movement of people allowed without authorisation by DCs. In case persons found travelling unauthorisedly, they shall be apprehended and kept in quarantine in the district where they are apprehended only. No District will push these persons to other districts."
Thechief secretary said that if any person is found that they are travellingwithout authorization, they will be apprehended and will be sent to quarantine inthe district.
It maybe mentioned that the state government has extended the inter-state travel tillMay 2 as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This was decidedin the cabinet meeting held on Monday.
After thecabinet meeting, Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary in a tweet said, "Visited ISBT-Betkuchi todayevening. More than 18,000 stranded passengers were transported by ASTC buses tovarious locations across Assam during 25th, 26th & 27th April. It has beendecided by the Cabinet today to extend bus service up to 2nd May forconvenience of the people."
It is to be mentioned that Assam has allowed for one-timeinter-district movement to ease tensions and thousands of people had appliedfor the same. It was earlier decided by the state government to allow those whoare stranded in various districts and those who had emergency categoryrequests, to travel within the state during 25th, 26th & 27th April.
This was later extended to April 30. Further, atotal of 2,565 people travelled by buses on day 1, over 10000 people travelledon day 2.
