Telangana Police partially allows ambulances from A.P., border ‘sealed’ in Mancherial

After being pulled up by the High Court for not permitting ambulances and different automobiles carrying COVID-19 sufferers from Andhra Pradesh to cross the inter-State border, Telangana police on Tuesday partially allowed the motion of automobiles on Tuesday. However, ambulances from Maharashtra weren’t allowed in Mancherial district.

At Pullur toll gate on the Andhra Pradesh-Telangana border in Jogulamba-Gadwal district, police have been checking each car earlier than allowing them to cross the border and attain Hyderabad. “Today we got instructions not to stop any vehicles, especially ambulances, even if they don’t have prior confirmation of bed from the hospital,” an officer on subject stated.

He stated that in the morning they didn’t let the medical emergency automobiles from the Rayalaseema area, particularly Kurnool and Kadapa district. “Earlier, the decision was taken by the senior officers to contain the spread of virus in the State capital,” one other officer stated.

Since Sunday night time, dozens of ambulances with COVID-19 sufferers in it have been queued on the border with Telangana police not allowing them to enter the State, and drive on to achieve Hyderabad, with none affirmation of mattress. Many have been despatched again.

The Ramagundam Police in Mancherial district ‘sealed’ the Maharashtra border, regardless of not receiving any particular orders from the federal government, and continued to not permit the automobiles.

“We cannot allow them into the town and spread the virus. There is a severe shortage of beds and oxygen here. With ambulances parked on the roadside, COVID-19 patients from Maharashtra are spreading the virus,” a senior police officer stated.

He stated that until the relations of the affected person get affirmation concerning the mattress from any of the hospitals, they have been stopped on the border and despatched again.

However, the scenario was completely totally different on the Maharashtra borders in Nizamabad, Kamareddy and Adilabad districts, the place police didn’t put any restriction and allowed all of the automobiles.

“There is free flow of vehicles from Madnoor check post. Our personnel conduct temperature and allow the vehicles into the district. The practice of checking the body temperature is going on since there was a surge in cases COVID case in Maharashtra earlier this year,” Kamareddy SP N. Swetha stated. Nizamabad DCP (Law and Order) K.C.S. Raghuveer maintained the identical.

In Suryapet district, the curbs on the motion of ambulances coming from Andhra Pradesh have been lifted on the inter-State border checkpost at Ramapuram cross roads late on Tuesday afternoon paving the best way for unhindered motion of the emergency automobiles carrying COVID-19 sufferers to Hyderabad.

The transfer got here as a serious aid for COVID-19 sufferers sure for Hyderabad for emergency medicare in varied hospitals in the State capital amid pandemic scenario, sources stated.