NE NEWS SERVICE
BENGALURU, MAY 28
Karnataka which caught into controversy when it had banned the entry of people from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, and Rajasthan a fortnight ago, again on Thursday decided to suspend air travel from these states besides Madhya Pradesh, saying a large number of people arriving from these states have tested positive for COVID-19.
The decision to stop flights from these states, which have a high number of coronavirus cases, for the time being, was taken at a cabinet meeting, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy said.
“People are coming from other states to Karnataka…. we have decided to suspend air traffic from five states, as cases here (Karnataka) may further increase,” Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy said.
He also said the existing bar on entry of people by road from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat into Karnataka would continue until further orders. Domestic air travel resumed only on Monday after nearly two months of COVID-19 induced lockdown.
However, late in the night the Karnataka government clarified that the Minister J C Madhuswamy now says that the state had not announced a complete ban on flights from 5 states, but to “lessen (incoming) air traffic” from these states, as the state is not having adequate quarantine facilities.
