Delhi-Gurgaon border: Haryana has reopened its borders with Delhi according to center guidelines
New Delhi:
The Delhi-Gurgaon border, which was closed to non-essential traffic and services in April to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, reopened on Monday morning.
The ordinance authorizing city-to-city traffic complies with the revised lock-out guidelines issued by the center on Saturday and was adopted by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar after a meeting with senior ministers on Sunday evening.
“It was decided at the meeting that there will be no restrictions on the interstate and inter-district movement of people or goods,” said a government statement.
On Saturday, the Interior Ministry, while announcing an extension of the nationwide closure of the coronavirus until June 30, also announced easings for non-containment areas, one of which was that the interstate travel would now be permitted and no separate electronic authorization or authorization would be granted. necessary for this.
However, the center allowed district-level administrations to ban these trips, if necessary to contain viral epidemics, as long as the ban was announced in advance. As a result, the Noida district of Uttar Pradesh, which also shares a border with Delhi, remains sealed to non-essential movements.
Haryana’s go-ahead for interstate traffic came two days after he ordered to “completely seal” all borders with Delhi, except essential services. “The main reason for the outbreak is the entry of people from Delhi into the areas of Haryana that share the border with Delhi,” said Minister Anil Vij.
On Sunday, it was revealed that Gurgaon had registered 340 cases of COVID-19 in the past three days. It was more than the city had recorded in the past two months. The city also recorded its biggest jump in a single day, with 157 new cases bringing its total to 677.
In addition, around 80% of Haryana coronavirus cases have been reported in the districts bordering the national capital; Delhi has the third highest number of COVID-19 cases in India.
In April, Haryana sealed the borders of Delhi after Anil Vij denounced those who worked in the national capital but lived in Gurgaon, calling them “corona transporters”.
The crackdown on cross-border movements prompted the Delhi High Court to instruct the Haryana government to remove restrictions on those providing essential services.
The reopening of borders to non-essential interstate travel comes amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases across the country. India is the seventh most affected country with more than 1.9 lakh cases; there have been 8,392 new cases in 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health this morning.
