Nagaland Issues SOP For Passenger Vehicles

 

 

The state government of Nagaland announced Standard Operating Proccdure (SOP) for passenger vehicles on preventive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 which will come into effect from August 9th, 2021.

As per the SOP for Commercial Passenger Vehicles,maximum occupancy permitted shall be 50% in buses and light vehicles, and in case of taxis and auto rickshaws, the maximum allowed passengers shall be 2(two), without any passenger in the front seat. It also mandates that the driver and attendants of every passenger vehicle including taxis, auto-rickshaws and buses plying within the district, should be asymptomatic and should have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The SOP also said that all the travelling passengers should be asymptomatic and all the passenger vehicles should mandatorily maintain a daily log book of all travellers at the ticket/booking counter. In case of private passenger vehicle, the SOP by the state government said that there should not be more than two persons sitting on the middle and rear row seats. In the front row seat, including the driver, there should not be more than two persons sitting. It cautioned that if anyone is found not wearing mask, he/she shall be fined an amount of Rs. 200.