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In a letter sent to K R Jyothilal, the Kerala Government's Principal Secretary (Transport), Shashi Bhushan, the Joint Secretary with the Union Transport Ministry, had asked the State Government to close down all such check-posts.
Public transport to Kerala has also been suspended owing to the increase in fresh infections here.
The decision assumes significance in the wake of the decision by Tamil Nadu to open schools and colleges in the State from Wednesday.
This is in the wake of the recent spurt in Covid cases in Kerala.
The corrupt officials of the Motor Vehicles Department manning the Walayar check-post are now employing innovative methods to escape from the clutches of the Vigilance Department. In order to protect the bribe amount that they collect from the drivers and owners of goods, lorries and private vehicles, they use even walkie talkies these days, though it is illegal.
They have their base in the infamous 'Thiruttu Gramam' which had hit national and international headlines many times as a land of thieves.
Karnataka turned away hundreds of travelers and vehicles at Talapady border in Kasaragod as they did not have the certificates on Monday.
The facility of conducting a RT-PCR test is available at the Walayar border.
Karnataka government too had imposed a similar restriction this week.
The child was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the Gundumala estate, upper-division, on September 9, 2019.