GUWAHAtI: The Assam government has decided to extend the one-time inter-district movement as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), till May 2.
This was decided in the cabinet meeting held on April 27.
Mentioning about the same, transport minister Chandra Mohan Patowary tweeted: “Visited ISBT-Betkuchi today evening. More than 18,000 stranded passengers were transported by ASTC buses to various locations across Assam during 25th, 26th & 27th April. It has been decided by the Cabinet today to extend bus service upto 2nd May for convenience of the people.”
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It is to be mentioned that Assam has allowed for one-time inter-district movement to ease tensions and thousands of people had applied for the same. It was earlier decided by the state government to allow those who are stranded in various districts and those who had emergency category requests, to travel within the state during 25th, 26th & 27th April.
This was later extended to April 30. Further, a total of 2,565 people travelled by buses on day 1, over 10000 people travelled on day 2.