Total fiasco of checking passengers for COVID 19; road, rail & air

Authorities are bluffing on controlling corona virus reaching Goa from outside. Passengers landing in Goa by domestic flights are not scanned at all. Only thermal guns provided at railway stations and many passengers skip out without a check. Absolutely no checking of passengers coming by road. But all passengers coming by international flights will have to go through 14-day quarantine at two centres set up. Air India has already cancelled its Kuwait and Dubai flights till 30th of April.

Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane has proposed to the government to check all vehicles crossing Goa borders as a measure to control cornoa virus.

Also to check all the inter-state buses. But no action till date. He claims thermal scanners have already been installed at railway stations.

Not a fact. And passengers coming by domestic flights are also not being scanned.

Our Vasco reporter spoke to domestic passengers and they confirmed that no thermal scanning going on.

Director of Airport Gagan Malik says it may start in next two-three days. No orders till date.

He also informed that air traffic of international flights had dropped by almost 80 per cent and 40 per cent drop in domestic flights.

At Madgao railway station, only thermal gun is being used to check temperature of passengers.

But many passengers are skipping the check and getting out through other exit points. Nobody is there to stop them.

Meanwhile, railway authorities identified one UP passenger with high fever and was taken to Hospicio.

Two trains passing from Madgao have been cancelled due to corona virus.