A large numbers of passengers remained stranded near Bus Stands and Railway Stations due to non availability of public transport vehicles after one-day ‘Janata Curfew’ observed on Sunday and after that announcement of Lockdown in entire Jharkhand by Chief Minister, Hemant Soren.
Soren has put the statewide lockdown to save people from Coronavirus infection but the train already running from their departure stations at the railway station arrived here on Monday. It had a tremendous impact on the Railway Stations and Bus Terminal.
A large numbers of passengers suddenly reached Birsa Munda bus terminal, who were looking for bus to Dhanbad, Bokaro, Palamu, Garhwa, Simdega, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur.At the same time, at the Birsa Munda bus terminal, the District Administration team took all the passengers in their control. After this, the administration started medical examination of the passengers. There was a long queue of passengers for medical examination. After this, the administration arranged the bus and sent the passengers to their destination. Here, the entry of buses coming from outside in the bus terminal has been banned. Not a single bus opened from the stand. Speaking to The Pioneer resident of Gumla District Birendra Ram said that he came Patna from Delhi on Sunday then he came Ranchi by train to go to Hazaribagh but he is not getting bus to go to his home town. There were several other persons with him, they asked to officials of the Administration to arrange bus for them, he added.
Passengers arriving by auto at the bus stand have also been barred from entering. They are being checked and sent back at the entrance of the stand. Lockdown written board were displayed at various places of the State Capital so that people should know that the State Government has announced lock down. Lockdown written boards were also displayed at Bus Stand so that people do not enter the stand and the stand could be saved by congregation.
Keeping in mind the increasing infection of Coronavirus, the State Transport Commissioner, Faij Ahmad has issued an order to stop the entry of buses coming from other states to Jharkhand from midnight on Monday.
A copy of the order has also been sent to Bihar Bengal Odisha and Chhattisgarh Transport Department. This order will be effective till the next order.