‘Stop trains from other states to Goa’

CALANGUTE: Minister for ports Michael Lobo has urged the state government to immediately stop outstation trains from bringing in people from other states.
“The number of Covid-19 cases has shown a very big rise in Goa in the last few days only because the Centre and our government allowed trains to bring in passengers, and also allowed the entry of vehicles through the border. The trains must be stopped immediately and there has to be stricter controls at the border,” Lobo said.
He said non-Goans with second homes in the state also must not be allowed. He said a lot of non-Goans who have properties in Goa but normally live in other states are coming to stay in Goa since it’s considered safer here because there is no community transmission of corona virus in the state. “We should not allow this, otherwise we will soon become a red zone,” he said. tnn