Officials, cops can okay travel passes
BENGALURU: Finally, some relief is in sight for migrants who have been unable to travel to their states.
The state nodal office on Tuesday issued an order empowering all senior police officers and top BBMP officials to allow migrants who have obtained passes from their destination states to travel home by trains.
The order issued by Principal Secretary (Revenue) and Nodal Officer for Migrants, N Manjunatha Prasad has permitted following officials to allow migrants to leave.
Bengaluru City: Commissioner of Police, assistant commissioners of police, deputy commissioners of police; BBMP: Commissioner, assistant commissioners (ACs) and joint commissioners (JCs). In other districts, it will be deputy comissioners, assistant commissioners, superintendents of police and assistant SPs. In urban local bodies, the commissioner has the powers.
Over 5 lakh people have registered on the Seva Sindhu portal so far. But registration on the portal is not mandatory for migrants who have permits from destination states. There is confusion about the procedure as many have not been given train tickets despite registering 10 days ago when the first train started on May 3 from Bengaluru.
Prasad said migrants can be allowed to travel only if the nodal officers of the destination states have given permission for specific individuals. “Even though the destination state’s nodal officers have been given login id and passwords to approve the request of people who want to go to their state, we find there has been little movement in this regard”, he said.
Permissible categories of inter-state travellers
- In case of death in family
- In case of medical emergency or treatment for terminal illness
- Pregnant women, senior citizens
- Migrants who have been laid off
- Students whose educational institutions, hostels are shut
- Stranded tourists and pilgrims
- Karnataka natives returning from abroad
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