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People travelling to Maharashtra from Kerala, Goa, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi-NCR, and Uttarakhand will have to produce a negative RT-PCR test report within 48 hours of the travel to enter the state, which is struggling to tackle the second of coronavirus.
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The state government has declared these six states as ‘Places of Sensitive Origin’. The people who do not have a ticket reservation will not be allowed to board the train to Maharashtra from these states.
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A new set of guidelines has been laid out by the state government for travel in long-distance trains from these states to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Maharashtra govt declares Kerala, Goa, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi-NCR, & Uttarakhand as 'Places of Sensitive Origin'; passengers travelling from these places will need negative RT-PCR test report within 48 hours of the travel to enter Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/m8zNug4yRE
— ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2021
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“All passengers shall be compulsorily screened and only asymptomatic passengers shall be allowed to board the trains for Maharashtra. Social distancing should be ensured during boarding/deboarding and travel,” Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte said in an order on Sunday.
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The state government also asked the ministry of railways to provide thermal scanners at all exits in stations and strictly enforce COVID appropriate behaviour in trains.
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“These places will be considered the places of sensitive origin from the date of this order till the time it is retracted or till COVID-19 stays notified as a disaster,” it stated.
Covid-19 SOP for passengers from these 6 states
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Data of passengers will be shared with local disaster management authority each day, four hours before the departure from the origin of trains.
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No unreserved ticket for Maharashtra should be issued on trains plying from these six states.
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Railways should ensure that trains from the places of sensitive origin should come to outer platforms where it is easier to conduct thermal screening (of passengers), the order said.
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If passengers are not carrying the RT PCR negative report, they will have to undergo a rapid antigen test at the station.
