Interstate travel with the Covid-19 restrictions

ccnarayanan · 31st December 2021, 17:27

Drove from Calicut to Bangalore via Muthanga today. Strict checking of RT-PCR report at KA border.

cryptarchy · 2nd January 2022, 12:01

Going to do Bangalore - Pondicherry tomorrow, are there any restrictions or free to travel? If there are any restriction then I will cancel the trip.

chandrak · 2nd January 2022, 15:10

Planning a road trip from Hyderabad to Tamilnadu (Chennai and temple circuit in TN). All of us double vaccinated. Is RT-PCR necessary? Anyone traveled by road into TN recently? Thanks in advance.

balenoed_ · 2nd January 2022, 18:03

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Originally Posted by cryptarchy

Going to do Bangalore - Pondicherry tomorrow, are there any restrictions or free to travel?

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Originally Posted by chandrak

Planning a road trip from Hyderabad to Tamilnadu

No sorts of restrictions in pondicherry and TN and rtpcr is not required.

Vin@y · 3rd January 2022, 08:10

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Originally Posted by cryptarchy

Going to do Bangalore - Pondicherry tomorrow, are there any restrictions or free to travel?

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Originally Posted by chandrak

Anyone traveled by road into TN recently?

We drove from Bangalore to Puducherry via TN on 23-Dec and returned on 1-Jan. We took the Hosur route and went in a KA registered car. Only adults were vaccinated.

No stopping/checking anywhere in KA/TN/PY. With new restrictions being announced everywhere in the wake of Omicron, we need to monitor the travel guidelines closely.

am1m · 3rd January 2022, 09:12

Took a train to North Karnataka and back to Bangalore over the weekend. That train goes between Karnataka and Maharashtra. Absolutely no checking of any sort- vaccination certificates, rt-pcr tests, masks. Passengers mingling, sneezing coughing. And to be fair, with the volume of passengers, it's just not possible on trains. So I'm just wondering what the point of the checks at airports (when they do happen) and selective road borders are, if tens of thousands of people are anyway moving between cities by train everyday.

IMHO, this sort of selective checking is worse than no checks because it inconveniences and stresses that small majority that tries to comply and makes them jump through hoops, but does absolutely nothing to control the spread of anything!

(To the virtue signalling brigade - no I'm not saying checks when done properly and uniformly all over will not work- but scientifically, this sort of selective checking does absolutely nothing!)

Rajeevraj · 3rd January 2022, 10:34

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Originally Posted by am1m

IMHO, this sort of selective checking is worse than no checks because it inconveniences and stresses that small majority that tries to comply and makes them jump through hoops, but does absolutely nothing to control the spread of anything!

This has been a major issue ever since the reopening after the first lockdown in 2020. It is absolutely impossible to completely enforce inter state checks and restrictions considering the number of entry points and varied transport options. But still states continue with these rules and the softer and easier targets ( airports, smaller road borders ) are subject to checks which really serve no purpose since the larger people mover transport options are not subject to any checks.

airbus · 4th January 2022, 15:15

Meghalaya government issued new guidelines effective from 5 Jan 2022. Entry into the state would require a valid RTPCR negative report. Odd-even rule will be followed for private vehicles.

ccnarayanan · 5th January 2022, 08:13

Karnataka weekend curfew ...

bluestreaks · 5th January 2022, 08:47

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Originally Posted by ccnarayanan

Karnataka weekend curfew ...

I am planning to drive back home to Bangalore from Rajasthan with my family and will be entering Karnataka on Sunday morning. I will carry the vaccine certificate and RT-PCR test report. Any idea if there will be trouble entering owing to the weekend curfew, or road travel to reach back home will be allowed?

bblost · 5th January 2022, 09:03

Chennai to Hyderabad by Road on 4th January.

No checking at any place. Did not even spot a cursory check post or anything of that sort on the entire route.

ccnarayanan · 5th January 2022, 09:18

Better to avoid being outside during the curfew. I read a news that some 300 vehicles were confiscated in Bangalore and cases registered during the ongoing night curfew. One should expect active and arbitrary enforcement during initial stages.

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Originally Posted by bluestreaks

I am planning to drive back home to Bangalore from Rajasthan with my family and will be entering Karnataka on Sunday morning. I will carry the vaccine certificate and RT-PCR test report. Any idea if there will be trouble entering owing to the weekend curfew, or road travel to reach back home will be allowed?

t_manish76 · 5th January 2022, 15:44

Sharing my experience around travel in December when I went from Mumbai to trivandrum and back.

18th December - crossed over from Maharashtra to Karnataka before Nippani - though I had the RTPCR, they just asked if I had a document and did not even bother to check if it was a real document.

20 December - after two days in Goa, travelled on and crossed the Thalapady border around noon. No checks getting into Kerala though I was driving an MH registered car. KA registered cars were being randomly stopped. On the opposite side for KL to KA traffic, all cars were being stopped and checked.

30 December - given the slow transit through Kerala, had opted to come back via Tamil Nadu and took the epass. There is no transit pass option and hence applied for both entry and exit pass to be on safe side. At the border check near Tenkasi, I was asked to show the vaccine certificate and epass after which they made some notes in a register and tore off a small piece of rough paper with my car number and a count of "1" person written on it. Something that was not entirely official. RTPCR was not checked.

31 December - transited from TN to KA and was not stopped at ant point even for cursory checks though I had the TN exit epass and the RPCR.

01 January - entered Maharashtra after a night halt at Davanagere and again no checks enroute. The check post at the MH to KA side where I was stopped on 18th December was no longer manned.

All this was before the exponential rise in cases this week, so the situation may have changed again.

airbus · 6th January 2022, 21:57

Bengal Govt makes RT-PCR report must for inter-state movement.

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Amid the sudden spike in Covid-19 cases in the state, West Bengal government is making the RT-PCR test report mandatory for the inter-state movement. The West Bengal government will ensure reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) report at the inter-state border, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday.

airbus · 7th January 2022, 20:51

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Originally Posted by ccnarayanan

Karnataka weekend curfew

Information regarding restrictions on movement and staying of tourists in Hotels/Resorts and Safari in forest areas, during the weekend curfew in Karnataka.

Source.

31st December 2021, 17:27	#1321
ccnarayanan BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 97 Thanked: 91 Times	Re: Interstate travel with the Covid-19 restrictions Drove from Calicut to Bangalore via Muthanga today. Strict checking of RT-PCR report at KA border.
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2nd January 2022, 12:01	#1322
cryptarchy BHPian Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Delhi Posts: 130 Thanked: 413 Times	Re: Interstate travel with the Covid-19 restrictions Going to do Bangalore - Pondicherry tomorrow, are there any restrictions or free to travel? If there are any restriction then I will cancel the trip.
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2nd January 2022, 15:10	#1323
chandrak Newbie Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 15 Thanked: 17 Times	Re: Interstate travel with the Covid-19 restrictions Planning a road trip from Hyderabad to Tamilnadu (Chennai and temple circuit in TN). All of us double vaccinated. Is RT-PCR necessary? Anyone traveled by road into TN recently? Thanks in advance.
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3rd January 2022, 09:12	#1326
am1m Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,901 Thanked: 12,020 Times	Re: Interstate travel with the Covid-19 restrictions Took a train to North Karnataka and back to Bangalore over the weekend. That train goes between Karnataka and Maharashtra. Absolutely no checking of any sort- vaccination certificates, rt-pcr tests, masks. Passengers mingling, sneezing coughing. And to be fair, with the volume of passengers, it's just not possible on trains. So I'm just wondering what the point of the checks at airports (when they do happen) and selective road borders are, if tens of thousands of people are anyway moving between cities by train everyday. IMHO, this sort of selective checking is worse than no checks because it inconveniences and stresses that small majority that tries to comply and makes them jump through hoops, but does absolutely nothing to control the spread of anything! (To the virtue signalling brigade - no I'm not saying checks when done properly and uniformly all over will not work- but scientifically, this sort of selective checking does absolutely nothing!)
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4th January 2022, 15:15	#1328
airbus Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 1,153 Thanked: 3,478 Times	Re: Interstate travel with the Covid-19 restrictions Meghalaya government issued new guidelines effective from 5 Jan 2022. Entry into the state would require a valid RTPCR negative report. Odd-even rule will be followed for private vehicles. Attached Thumbnails
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5th January 2022, 08:13	#1329
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5th January 2022, 09:03	#1331
bblost Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 11,008 Thanked: 15,355 Times View My Garage	Re: Interstate travel with the Covid-19 restrictions Chennai to Hyderabad by Road on 4th January. No checking at any place. Did not even spot a cursory check post or anything of that sort on the entire route.
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5th January 2022, 15:44	#1333
t_manish76 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Mumbai Posts: 16 Thanked: 61 Times	Re: Interstate travel with the Covid-19 restrictions Sharing my experience around travel in December when I went from Mumbai to trivandrum and back. 18th December - crossed over from Maharashtra to Karnataka before Nippani - though I had the RTPCR, they just asked if I had a document and did not even bother to check if it was a real document. 20 December - after two days in Goa, travelled on and crossed the Thalapady border around noon. No checks getting into Kerala though I was driving an MH registered car. KA registered cars were being randomly stopped. On the opposite side for KL to KA traffic, all cars were being stopped and checked. 30 December - given the slow transit through Kerala, had opted to come back via Tamil Nadu and took the epass. There is no transit pass option and hence applied for both entry and exit pass to be on safe side. At the border check near Tenkasi, I was asked to show the vaccine certificate and epass after which they made some notes in a register and tore off a small piece of rough paper with my car number and a count of "1" person written on it. Something that was not entirely official. RTPCR was not checked. 31 December - transited from TN to KA and was not stopped at ant point even for cursory checks though I had the TN exit epass and the RPCR. 01 January - entered Maharashtra after a night halt at Davanagere and again no checks enroute. The check post at the MH to KA side where I was stopped on 18th December was no longer manned. All this was before the exponential rise in cases this week, so the situation may have changed again.
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