PALANPUR: Gujarati looking for a weekend getaway to Mount Abu will be disappointed as they will have to provide a negative RT-PCR report for Covid-19 for entry to the hill station.
The Rajasthan government has made it mandatory for outsiders coming to Mount Abu to produce negative RT-PCR certificate is done in the last 72 hours.
“This is as per Rajasthan government guideline and we are following it.
It is not limited to tourists but to all who enter Abu Road towards Mt Abu,” Abhishek Surana, SDM, Mount Abu told TOI.
Two checkpoints have been set up, one at Chipaberi which is the entry point to Mount Abu at Abu Road and another on the top at Mount Abu.
Besides police, medical and paramedical staff will also be present at the check posts.
A strict warning has been issued that those who do not produce RT-PCR certificates.
They will be quarantined at the Adivasi hostel.
The decision comes in wake of the government allowing public transport, including state and private buses, from June 10.
Private vehicles will be allowed on roads between 5 am.
and 5 pm from Monday to Friday.