BMC opens transit homes at city’s entry points

Bhubaneswar: In view of the possible rush of people from outside the state to the capital city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has opened three government transit homes at an equal number of entry points to the city — one on either end of the national highway 5 near Rasulgarh and Khandagiri and another along the Puri Road.
Officials said the transit homes will not be used to keep people for a long period. They are apart from the two quarantine centres, which are located within the city to keep the neighbours and relatives of people infected with the virus. Those suspected of having contracted the virus and belonging to Bomikhal, Suryanagar and Satyanagar were put up at the two facilities.
BMC deputy commissioner Pramod Prusty said those coming from the Cuttack side and stranded in the city will be put up at the transit home and not allowed to enter the city. They will be sent to their native places from there. The ones coming from the Khandagiri side of the national highway will be stopped at the transit facility opened at that end. Those coming from Puri will be kept at another transit home opened along the Bhubaneswar-Puri road, he added.