Border crisis: Telangana HC stays circular blocking entry of ambulances
The Telangana high court on Friday stayed the May 11, 2021 circular issued by the Telangana government restraining free entry of ambulances carrying Covid-19 patients from the neighboring states into its territory.
Terming the circular as discriminatory in nature and also as one that runs contrary to the provisions of the Epidemics Act and the disaster management Act which the circular too cited as its basis, the bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy issued notice to the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and central government asking them to file their counters on the need to bring in a uniform policy governing admissions in hospitals during the ongoing pandemic driven crisis period.
Rao questioned the action of the Telangana state police authorities in stopping at the state borders the ambulances entering into the state of Telangana.
The bench earlier directed the state not to block the ambulances at the borders.
The court in its previous hearing asked the state to brief the people and authorities of neighboring states about the ground realities in Hyderabad while restraining its police from physically stopping the ambulances at the border.
The Telangana government then issued a circular asking the neighboring states to first obtain permission from its hospitals and police before driving the Covid-19 patients into Hyderabad.
While the Telangana government is arguing that it has an inherent power to protect its people during a pandemic, the Andhra Pradesh government too entered the fray and said that the action of the former goes against the laws it cited in support of its circular and wanted the passage to be free from barriers.
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