Travelling to Maharashtra? RT-PCR report mandatory for passengers from these 6 states!
The Maharashtra government makes it compulsory for the passengers to carry a negative RT-PCR report travelling from six states to Maharashtra, keeping in view the gigantic havoc of Covid-19.
Passengers from Delhi-NCR, Goa, Rajasthan, Kerala, Gujarat, and Uttarakhand to Maharashtra are now bound to carry their negative RT-PCR reports dated before 48 hours of traveling.
The Maharashtra government has categorized these six states keeping in view the gravity and sensitivity of the Coronavirus. Those states have been labeled as the ‘places of sensitive origin’ amid the recent surge in the Covid-19 cases in India.
Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte has issued an order in this regard. He said, “All passengers shall be compulsorily screened and only asymptomatic passengers shall be allowed to board the trains for Maharashtra. Social distancing should be ensured during boarding/deboarding and travel,” as quoted by ANI.
In addition to this, the order says that unreserved tickets won’t be issued for the passengers belonging to these six states.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led state government has directed the railway to impose the Covid appropriate behavior rigorously as well as to conduct thermal screening at all exits in stations, as per the report of ANI.
Though earlier, the Indian Railways has already preconized that a fine of Rs 500 would be imposed on the ones who are traveling without masks on.
“To prevent spitting an act of similar nature and this to ensure wearing of face masks/face covers by all persons at railway premises (including trains), fines (up to Rs 500) under Indian Railways (Penalties for activities affecting cleanliness at railway premises) Rules, 2012 shall be imposed by railway officials authorized for this purpose, from persons not wearing face masks/covers at railway premises (including trains)”, said the Railway Ministry by issuing an order.
