No entry of people into AP, says DGP

No one would be allowed to violate the lockdown norms and migrants or returnees from other states crossing over the border would not be allowed to go their native places in Andhra Pradesh without first being quarantined for 14 days, said Director-General of Police Goutam Sawang on Thursday, even as AP police strictly stopped people at the various borders.

People trying to get into Rayalaseema were stopped at the Pullur toll plaza near Kurnool, the gateway to Rayalaseema, and were told to go back or be quarantined for 14 days.

People started arriving here from Wednesday evening and there were nearly 500 of them by Friday. They were told by the police to either return to Hyderabad or other places in Telangana.

Some of them sat in protest against the decision, saying the Telangana police was refusing to allow them to go back to Hyderabad or any part of that state. The protesters demanded to be allowed to proceed further but after 12 hours of waiting at the toll plaza, they turned back.

Kurnool police said that they have arrested some people who sneaked into Kurnool by taking feeder roads instead of the highway.

Meanwhile, speaking in Vijayawada to media, Mr Goutam Sawang further said that persons coming from Hyderabad and other places should undergo quarantine treatment of two weeks before they would be allowed to return to their native places.

He further stated that the lockdown has been implemented to contain Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) spreading further, and the returning of people to AP would damage the situation of the lockdown in the state.