Inter-district travel passes likely in August

PUNE: State home minister Anil Deshmukh is in favour of continuing with the inter-district travel pass distribution process in August also.
At present, the passes are issued for emergency travel. Deshmukh told TOI, “If we allow movement without any restriction, the situation will be unmanageable. The restrictions are in place to avoid over-crowding. We will review the situation before allowing any relaxation in terms of the inter-district travel. Otherwise, inter-district travel e-passes will be issued in August just like in July.”
The Pune city police were at present focusing on issuing permits for emergency cases. “We have only 140 inter-district travel requests pending. We will accord priority to families reporting medical emergencies and deaths. For such cases, we issue travel permits within an hour So far, we have processed over 50% emergency requests within an hour,” said Bachchan Singh, Pune police DCP (crime) and in-charge of issuing the passes.