Coronavirus: Govt suspends inter-state bus service

Srinagar, Mar 18 (PTK): In wake of Coronavirus scare, Jammu and Kashmir government has suspended inter-state bus service with immediate effect.

 As per an order of Transport Commissioner, J&K, Pradeep Kumar in order to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 in Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, it is hereby ordered that no inter-State Bus service shall ply on inter State routes with immediate effect till further orders.

“It is also ordered that busses belonging to Union Territory of J&K, which are presently outside the UT, shall not carry any passengers from outside the UT, while returning back,” the order reads. (PTK)