Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru/Udupi (SP)

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 5: As the government has accorded conditional permission to the citizens to undertake travel to other districts, the police department has been issuing e-passes to citizens travelling to other districts in Dakshina Kannada district. In Udupi, the district administration has been distributing these passes.

On Monday, about 2,500 passes were issued by Dakshina Kannada district police. Still, 1,500 more applications are pending. The city police commissionerate here has issued 1,500 passes and about a thousand more passes are yet to be issued.

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Those who want to undertake journey to other districts have to apply with photocopy of their Aadhar card, mobile phone number, address, travel place of origin and destination, information about the vehicle, purpose of travel etc. For more information, local police stations can be contacted.

Udupi district administration has so far given about 900 passes. Those in need of the passes have to apply through the respective taluk tahsildars.