Mangaluru: Karnataka revised covid lockdown restriction to Kerala traveller

Mangaluru: Frequent travellers from Kasaragod district in neighbouring Kerala on Friday sought exemption from mandatory RT-PCR testing to enter Karnataka via Dakshina Kannada district.

In a memorandum submitted to the Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner K V Rajendra, Sahayathri a forum of daily commuters pointed out that frequent testing was proving to be inconvenient during their travel to the state. “We have undergone Covid-19 tests four times during the last one and a half months.

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With schools and colleges resuming offline sessions, even students from Kasaragod studying in educational institutions in Dakshina Kannada are subjected to these tests once a week causing a lot of inconvenience,” they informed the DC, adding that thousands of others including doctors, paramedical staff, and entrepreneurs were also facing troubles and delays due to the same.

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