In a bid to prevent unchecked entry of people from other States during the lockdown, the Odisha Government has issued a revised standard operating procedure (SOP) for district administrations for border checkpoints.
As per the SOP issued by the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), no bus or vehicle would be allowed to board or alight any returnee enroute to the destination districts from the border checkpoints.
In any case of violation, the vehicle and the driver would be detained for questioning and action would takenagainst them as per law, the notification issued by the SRC stated.
The registration of returnees to Odisha travelling in buses may not be insisted upon at the border check points. However, the registration of vehicle with details of driver, number of passengers and destination districts is mandatory, the SOP stated.
The vehicle entry pass as per prescribed format would be printed in duplicate. The first copy would be affixed on the widescreen of the vehicle and second copy would be handed over to the driver with an instruction to report to the destination district reception centre.