Telangana Police partially allows ambulances from A.P., border ‘sealed’ in Mancherial

Move gives relief to patients rushing to Hyderabad for medical care

After being pulled up by the High Court for not allowing ambulances and other vehicles carrying COVID-19 patients from Andhra Pradesh to cross the inter-State border, Telangana police on Tuesday partially allowed the movement of vehicles on Tuesday. However, ambulances from Maharashtra were not allowed in Mancherial district. At Pullur toll gate on the Andhra Pradesh-Telangana border in Jogulamba-Gadwal district, police were checking every vehicle before permitting them to cross the border and reach Hyderabad. “Today we got instructions not to stop any vehicles, especially ambulances, even if they don’t have prior confirmation of bed from the hospital,” an officer on field said. He said that in the morning they did not let the medical emergency vehicles from the Rayalaseema region, especially Kurnool and Kadapa district. “Earlier, the decision was taken by the senior officers to contain the spread of virus in the State capital,” another officer said.