Both manual, e-passes valid, says Mohali District Magistrate

Tribune News Service

Mohali, April 12

Dispelling doubts being raised on the validity of manual restricted/emergency movement passes issued for movement during the curfew period, the district administration today announced that both manual and e-passes were valid till the date mentioned on these.

District Magistrate Girish Dayalan said it has been noticed that during checking, objections were being raised on the validity of manual passes. So, formal orders have been issued for considering both the manual as well as the e-passes valid. Those carrying the manual passes must not be harassed, reiterated Dayalan.

Notably, in the initial days of the lockdown, the district administration had issued manual passes to the people involved in delivering essential services such as milk vendors, vegetable sellers, newspaper hawkers, garbage collectors, sanitation workers etc but with the gradual shift to e-passes, they were facing difficulty in justifying the legitimacy of manual passes.