Residents of MP district take pledge: Will not travel to Covid hotspots

Titled ‘I will not visit hotspot towns’, the pledge lists towns in Maharashtra, MP and other parts of the country that people should avoid visiting or calling people from those places to Burhanpur.

Burhanpur Collector Pravin Singh told The Indian Express that the idea behind the campaign was to restrict unnecessary travel. He said posters have been stuck at public places and in rural areas sarpanches and kotwars are being involved to administer the oath.

When the unlock phase began, the administration increased vigil on the main roads and sealed smaller routes used by people on either side. The administration made online passes compulsory for travel. When the movement did not reduce, it stopped the system of online passes and made it offline. Even then, the number of people flooding the collectorate for passes was still substantial.

A majority of people whose infection was detected during the fortnight long ‘Kill Corona’ campaign that concluded on July 15 had travelled to Jalgaon, Muktainagar and Aurangabad. The collector said most of the travel was avoidable. He said people will be sensitised against travelling or holding and participating in gatherings.