Bhubaneswar: To prevent the unchecked entry of people from neighbouring states, the Odisha government has issued a revised standard operating procedure (SOP) to district administrations for border checkpoints.
The SOP, issued by special relief commissioner and additional chief secretary to government (disaster management), Pradeep Jena, on Monday, specifies the roles and responsibilities of police and regional transport offices at the border checkpoints.
Jena had on May 2 issued an SOP and said 12 border checkpoints would be set up in 11 border districts — Biramitrapur in Sundargarh, Champua in Keonjhar, Chandili in Koraput, Girisola in Ganjam, Jamshola in Mayurbhanj, Kanktora in Jharsuguda, Kerada in Rayagada, Khariar Road in Nuapada, Laxmannath in Balasore, Loharchoti in Bargarh, Motu in Malkangiri and Sunki in Koraput. Odisha shares borders with Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
Sources said the revised SOP asks police to intercept vehicles a few metres away before from the border checkpoint and examine their passes. Vehicles without movement pass from the originating state will be detained on the other side of the border checkpoint. Vehicles with valid pass will be allowed to come near the holding area of the checkpoint, where RTO officials will verify whether the returnees have registered themselves with the government’s Covid-19 portal.
The SOP says RTO staff will facilitate on-spot registration of returnees who have not registered with the Covid-19 website. RTO personnel will also check whether the vehicle details were registered with the portal. If the pre-registration vehicle module is not done, the RTO staff will conduct on-spot registration of vehicle.
Each passenger will be stamped with indelible ink on their right inner forearm. Vehicles will be given new entry passes with details of routes and final destinations in Odisha. Though district collectors and SPs can fetch details about the registered returnees and vehicles from the portal, police have been asked to provide all details to the concerned district administrations over phone before the vehicles are allowed to cross the border checkpoint.
The SOP, issued by special relief commissioner and additional chief secretary to government (disaster management), Pradeep Jena, on Monday, specifies the roles and responsibilities of police and regional transport offices at the border checkpoints.
Jena had on May 2 issued an SOP and said 12 border checkpoints would be set up in 11 border districts — Biramitrapur in Sundargarh, Champua in Keonjhar, Chandili in Koraput, Girisola in Ganjam, Jamshola in Mayurbhanj, Kanktora in Jharsuguda, Kerada in Rayagada, Khariar Road in Nuapada, Laxmannath in Balasore, Loharchoti in Bargarh, Motu in Malkangiri and Sunki in Koraput. Odisha shares borders with Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
Sources said the revised SOP asks police to intercept vehicles a few metres away before from the border checkpoint and examine their passes. Vehicles without movement pass from the originating state will be detained on the other side of the border checkpoint. Vehicles with valid pass will be allowed to come near the holding area of the checkpoint, where RTO officials will verify whether the returnees have registered themselves with the government’s Covid-19 portal.
The SOP says RTO staff will facilitate on-spot registration of returnees who have not registered with the Covid-19 website. RTO personnel will also check whether the vehicle details were registered with the portal. If the pre-registration vehicle module is not done, the RTO staff will conduct on-spot registration of vehicle.
Each passenger will be stamped with indelible ink on their right inner forearm. Vehicles will be given new entry passes with details of routes and final destinations in Odisha. Though district collectors and SPs can fetch details about the registered returnees and vehicles from the portal, police have been asked to provide all details to the concerned district administrations over phone before the vehicles are allowed to cross the border checkpoint.
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