After HC order, Andhra ambulances passing freely to Telangana
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Hyderabad, May 15 : Ambulance vehicles making their way to Hyderabad with Covid patients from Andhra Pradesh, are being allowed to cross the border into Telangana since Friday night. The development comes in the wake of the Telangana High Court s interim order barring the state government from stopping such vehicles at the border.
On Saturday, Telangana police personnel at the Andhra Pradesh borders, allowed patients not having the required permissions, to cross over after registering their details.
On Friday, two patients from Andhra Pradesh died in the ambulance vehicles they were traveling in, at the inter-state border near Kurnool. Telangana Police did not permit vehicles without valid online permits to cross the border.
Patients from other states can’t be stopped at border: Telangana HC
By IANS| Posted by Neha | Updated: 14th May 2021 7:54 pm IST
Hyderabad: Coming to the rescue of hundreds of COVID-19 patients, primarily from Andhra Pradesh, being turned away by Telangana police, at the state borders, the Telangana High Court, on Friday, issued orders staying the state government’s guidelines on entry of COVID-19 ambulances from other states.
A Division Bench presided by Chief Justice Hima Kohli took up the matter for hearing after a retired IRS officer Venkata Krishna Rao filed a petition on Friday, that ambulances are being stopped or turned back, at the border, by Telangana Police.
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Situation in Andhra Pradesh-Telangana border not yet eased, ambulances are still detained at Telangana border.
Coming to the rescue of hundreds of covid patients, primarily from Andhra Pradesh, being turned away by Telangana police, at the state borders, the Telangana High Court, on Friday, issued orders staying the state government s guidelines on entry of covid ambulances from other states.
A Division Bench presided by Chief Justice Hima Kohli took up the matter for hearing after a retired IRS officer Venkata Krishna Rao filed a petition on Friday, that ambulances are being stopped or turned back, at the border, by Telangana Police.