Maharashtra government has come in front taking tough decisions over the prevailing situation. Amid COVID surge in state, government has declared Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal as places of “sensitive origin.”

Now, in a bid to stop the influx of other variants of coronavirus into the state places including Kerala, Goa, Gujarat, Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), Rajasthan and Uttarakhand declared as sensitive origin. Maharashtra government led by Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday that the standard operating procedures put in place for other places of sensitive origin will be applicable for travellers from West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh as well. The decision has been taken to curb the transmission of coronavirus in Maharashtra and to “stop the influx of other Covid-19 virus variants into the state from other locations. According to the SOPs, for passengers travelling in long-distance trains from these places shall share data of the trains that are scheduled to be running. The data will be shared with local disaster management authority each day, four hours before the departure. No unreserved tickets will be issued from these places to Maharashtra. The Railways should ensure trains from the places of sensitive origin come to outer platforms.

Furthermore, if any of the passenger is not carrying the RT-PCR negative report will have to undergo a rapid antigen test at the station.

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