Odisha seals boundaries, bars buses to enter or exist states 

Blink News Network 

Bhubaneswar, Mar 22: Odisha government on Sunday barred movement of inter-state buses for indefinite period in the state citing threat of spread of infection due to Coromavirus. This also comes at a time when the state has announced lock down till March 29.

As per the new notification, neither any state can venture out of the state nor any bus from other state can enter our state. In a notification issued by the office of the Transport Commissioner, it was said, “COVID 19 has become pandemic and the whole world is affected by the deadly virus. There is no specific treatment or vaccine till now for COVID 19 and only precaution of the highest degrees is required to decelerate the spread of COVID 10,”

As per the directions of the office all interstate bus operation to and from Odisha will remain suspended till further orders. Inter-state buses coming from other states will not be allowed to reach their destination in Odisha after 11am from March 23. Similarly no inter-state bus will be allowed to operate to other state from Odisha after 11am from March 23.

The Railway Board has already declared closure of all Passenger Trains with immediate effect and up to midnight of March 31. The trains en-route shall be allowed to reach their destination however.

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