From July 12th The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) would resume inter-state bus services to Kerala after an interruption due to Covid-induced lockdown for over 2 months. With the easing of restrictions under unlock 3.0 since July 5. The movement of people , vehicles in and around also, to and from other states, including a few other restrictions were removed. Whereas now they have decided to resume bus services for the towns and cities of Kerala. The state has suspended the running of KSRTC from the second wave alert of Covid during April to control the spread of the virus.
Services will resume from Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Mysore and Puttur in the state to select places in Kerala under the standard operation procedure to ensure passengers follow the Covid appropriate behaviour. For the past few days corporations have decided the passengers entering Karnataka from Kerala compulsorily to get a 72 hour negative test report as there was a rise in Covid cases in neighbouring states. Officials also mentioned that passengers who have received even one dose of the vaccine should carry its certificate before boarding inter-state buses. Students and others in Kerala visiting Karnataka daily for education, Business and other reasons have to undergo RT-PCR test once in 15 days and possess a negative Covid test report. Following the Covid precautions like Wearing a face mask, Washing hands, Using Sanitizers and Maintaining physical distance made strict and mandatory for the travellers.
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