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Lockdown: Arunachal farmers stuck in Itanagar to get passes for going to work places

Apr 23, 2020, 22:02 IST
PTI
Itanagar, Apr 23 () The Arunachal Pradeshgovernment has decided to issue e-passes to farmers andagricultural workers, who are now stranded in the statecapital region due to the ongoing lockdown, to return to theirplaces in the state, an official said on Thursday.

They are stuck here due to the restrictions on theinter-district movement as a part of the nationwide lockdownimposed to contain the coronavirus outbreak, he said.

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Farmers and agricultural workers stranded in thecapital region here are required to upload their personaldetails on a link which would remain active till Friday 1 pmand the QR code-based passes will be provided to those who areapproved by the authorities to move, the official said.

"They may be considered for permission to move totheir respective places of work or farms within ArunachalPradesh," he said, citing a notification of the stategovernment.

"Those approved will be provided with QR code basede-passes (for one way movement only), which shall be sentdirectly to the applicants on their mobile numbers provided,"the notification said.

These stranded people will be allowed to move on April25 and 26, he said.

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Meanwhile, shortages of vegetables were reported fromWakro in Lohit district as supplies of such perishable itemsto the area from the markets in Assam have been completelysuspended, another official said.

The Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) incollaboration with the local administration and Wakro extraassistant commissioner (EAC) supplied sufficient quantities ofvegetables and fruits from Tezu, the district headquarters,for government employees and people living there, he said. UPLBDC BDC

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