The steep rise in Covid-19 cases in Tripura has forced Assam to restrict the inflow of its citizens stranded in the neighbouring state. Immediately after Tripura’s Covid count shot up to 64 on Wednesday evening, the authorities in adjacent Karimganj decided to “limit” the south Assam district’s borders for those returning to Assam from Tripura. Karimganj superintendent of police Kumar Sanjit Krishna told The Telegraph, “Immediately after the cases in Tripura went up, the district authorities decided to regulate the incoming of stranded people into Assam from Tripura. Krishna said about 250 people from Tripura have already entered Assam via Karimganj, been screened and sent to quarantine. Now the scene in Tripura has changed.” He said the state police, nodal agency for facilitating incoming of stranded people, have issued 375 passes, allowing 2,056 passengers to already enter Assam.

Source: The Telegraph May 08, 2020 00:22 UTC