HYDERABAD: With states allowing movement of migrant workers, students and other stranded people to their home states, many from Telangana are trying to get an e-pass, which will be valid for round-trip travel, from the police.
On Sunday, state police approved close to 7,000 passes to stranded families to move out of the state. Another 10,000 requests are pending. Due to heavy traffic, the site has been down since morning and is not accepting fresh requests. Those who can afford to travel by hired vehicles or in personal cars have taken to social networking sites to seek help from officials to bring their loved ones home.
Their only question is whether the pass will be valid for two-way travel.“Dear Sir, I have applied e pass yesterday and received it today. I will have to travel from Hyderabad to UP to Hyderabad by car to bring my family and for this return trip it will take 4 to 5 days and I am not able to contact anyone for more clarity. Plz help me,” read a tweet from @ArifAAlvi2.
Others stranded in the state are trying to figure out if hired vehicles will be allowed back into the state after dropping people. “Hello sir, what about the two-way pass for a person who needs to drop me and come back to Hyderabad? I got EPass for tomorrow’s Hyderabad-Bangalore trip. But nothing is mentioned about return trip for driver. Can same pass be shown while coming back sir?” reads a tweet from Asmin Joshi.
Telangana police, confirmed that e-pass will be valid for round trip for the vehicle and the driver. “If a person is going to pick his/her family stranded in some other state, he/she can come back and enter into Telangana with the same pass. However, stranded family members need to get clearance from said state,” said Mahesh Bhagwat, commissioner of police, Rachakonda.
On Sunday, state police approved close to 7,000 passes to stranded families to move out of the state. Another 10,000 requests are pending. Due to heavy traffic, the site has been down since morning and is not accepting fresh requests. Those who can afford to travel by hired vehicles or in personal cars have taken to social networking sites to seek help from officials to bring their loved ones home.
Their only question is whether the pass will be valid for two-way travel.“Dear Sir, I have applied e pass yesterday and received it today. I will have to travel from Hyderabad to UP to Hyderabad by car to bring my family and for this return trip it will take 4 to 5 days and I am not able to contact anyone for more clarity. Plz help me,” read a tweet from @ArifAAlvi2.
Others stranded in the state are trying to figure out if hired vehicles will be allowed back into the state after dropping people. “Hello sir, what about the two-way pass for a person who needs to drop me and come back to Hyderabad? I got EPass for tomorrow’s Hyderabad-Bangalore trip. But nothing is mentioned about return trip for driver. Can same pass be shown while coming back sir?” reads a tweet from Asmin Joshi.
Telangana police, confirmed that e-pass will be valid for round trip for the vehicle and the driver. “If a person is going to pick his/her family stranded in some other state, he/she can come back and enter into Telangana with the same pass. However, stranded family members need to get clearance from said state,” said Mahesh Bhagwat, commissioner of police, Rachakonda.
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