Ahmedabad restricts visitors from Surat and south Gujarat

Ahmedabad restricts visitors from Surat and south Gujarat

Surat Has Been Leading Daily Covid Positive Cases Count

TNN & AGENCIES

Gandhinagar: 12.07.2020

Following a spike in the number of coronavirus cases in Surat, the Ahmedabad civic authorities and the Gujarat transport services have decided to restrict the entry of visitors from the Diamond City and South Gujarat to Ahmedabad.

The Gujarat State Roads and Transport Corporation (GSRTC) has decided to put a curb on visitors to Ahmedabad city coming from South Gujarat, especially from Surat. Bus services to Ahmedabad from Surat have been stopped. Buses coming from south Gujarat to other parts of the state will not be allowed in Ahmedabad and they will have to bypass the city.

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has started screening all the vehicles from south Gujarat entering Ahmedabad, at toll plazas on the Express Highway.

On Friday, out of 574 persons from south Gujarat, wanting to enter Ahmedabad, 23 were found to be positive for coronavirus. The testing was carried out through the Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) method at the special booths set up by the AMC officials at the toll plaza.

Maharashtra & NE cities extend lockdown

Several cities and towns — from Maharashtra in the west to Guwahati and Shillong in the Northeast – on Saturday got either an extension or a return to lockdown. After Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Thane city, Kalyan-Dombivli and Mira-Bhayander on Friday, more urban and rural pockets of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region joined the list of places where the lockdown will continue.

In the Northeast, the Assam government extended the ongoing 14-day lockdown in Guwahati and other pockets of Kamrup (Metro) district by another week till July 19. For the Meghalaya capital of Shillong, the Covid-induced total lockdown will make a comeback for two days, beginning Monday. The decision was taken after 47 new cases were reported.