Bank employees allowed to commute between Kasaragod & Mangaluru

Mangaluru: Weeks after blocking entry and exit of all daily commuters, the government of Kerala has relaxed the rules. Now, only bank employees from Kasaragod will be allowed to travel daily and work in Dakshina Kannada provided they meet the conditions.
Meanwhile, those from Mangaluru will have to undergo seven days of quarantine in Kasaragod before joining duty there.Kasaragod district administration has also decided to provide special KSRTC bus service exclusively for students from Kerala writing Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) scheduled on July 30 and 31. Students from various parts of Kasaragod will be dropped at Talapady.
Kasaragod district collector Dr D Sajith Babu said that bank employees should travel from Kasaragod to Mangaluru in their private vehicles only. “Bank employees should submit their identity card and details of vehicles to Kasaragod district administration through Covid-9 Jagratha portal. Meanwhile, bank employees from Karnataka will have to undergo seven days of quarantine and an antigen test will be done on the fifth day. They will be allowed to work only if the test reports are negative. All of them should submit affidavits stating they will not be working in any section in the bank branches that directly deals with the general public,” the collector said.
On CET exam, he said that students will not be allowed to travel in private vehicles. “Students and their family members should remain in quarantine for seven days after the CET exam and they will have to undergo an antigen test on the fifth day,” he added.