TS, AP firm on borders being sealed Not to allow anyone entry from either state
Till lockdown ends on April 14
The state governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Thursday decided not to allow anyone into either of the states from across the borders till April 14, the last date of the currently underway 21-day national quarantine owing to the coronavirus emergency.
Keeping in view the situation that arose at the state border between the two states after the issuance of ‘No-Objection Certificates’ by the Hyderabad and Cyberabad police to students and other people to return to their home towns in Andhra Pradesh, both Chief Ministers have jointly taken the decision not to allow anyone to move between the two states.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday, while addressing a press conference said that he has spoken to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in the backdrop of
Wednesday’s situation at the border.
Appealing to the people from Andhra Pradesh staying in other states, particularly Hyderabad, to stay put till April 14, he said that the Mr Chandrashekar Rao has
“responded positively and sympathetically” to his “request to provide food, shelter and medical care to people of Andhra Pradesh living in Hyderabad”.
Mr Reddy said that AP government would take care of people from
Telangana residing in AP and provide them shelter, food and medical.
He said that several people were allowed into Andhra Pradesh from Hyderabad on Wednesday and they would be allowed into their homes only after a medical examination and successful completion of the 14-day quarantine period.
Meanwhile, Telangana energy minister G Jagadish Reddy told Deccan Chronicle that scores of people were returning into the state from the state border at the Damaracherla check post in Nalgonda as the Andhra Pradesh police have denied permission to them to enter since Wednesday night.
Mr Jagadish Reddy said that when their plight was brought to the notice of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, he spoke to his AP counterpart, after which, the AP police allowed then to enter. Stating that this was last exception, he said no one would be allowed either to move between the two states from Thursday night, he appealed to people not to venture out to return to their native places as it would give scope for further spreading of the Covid-19 pandemic.