Bengaluru: Karnataka government on Saturday July 31 announced fresh guidelines for travellers entering the state from Kerala and Maharashtra via rail, road or air.
“The prevailing COVID 19 situation in Kerala and Maharashtra entails taking special surveillance measures to prevent the spread into the bordering districts of the State,” the order said.
The fresh guidelines for Kerala and Maharashtra travellers are as follows:
1) Negative RT-PCR certificate not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificate of at least one dose of COVID 19 vaccine shall be compulsorily produced by the passengers coming to Karnataka by flight, bus, train, taxi, personal transport, etc.
2) Airlines shall issue boarding passes only to the passengers carrying RT-PCR negative certificates not older than 72 hours or a vaccination certificate of at least one dose of COVID 19 vaccine.
3) Railway Authorities shall be responsible for ensuring that all passengers travelling by trains carry negative RT-PCR certificates not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificates of at least one dose of COVID 19 vaccine.
4) For all the passengers travelling by bus, the bus conductor shall ensure that they possess RT-PCR negative certificates not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificate of at least one dose of COVID 19 vaccine.
5) Deputy Commissioners of districts bordering Kerala like Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Mysuru and Chamarajanagara and Maharashtra i.e., Belagavi, Vijayapura, Kalburgi and Bidar have been asked to make arrangements to deploy necessary staff at checkposts to ensure that all vehicles entering Karnataka are checked.
6) It is mandatory for students and the public visiting Karnataka daily for education, business and other reasons to undergo RT-PCR tests once in 15 days and possess the negative report.
The directions have been issued for taking special surveillance measures, for persons arriving from Kerala and Maharashtra, with immediate effect, the order added.
