In an effort to boost tourism revenue, one of the major sources of income of the state, Uttarakhand government has relaxed norms to visit the state and has removed the ceiling of 2000 visitors per day. Other relaxations were granted in terms of ICMR recognized COVID-19 negative report and making ‘Truenat’ tests acceptable.
Madan Kaushik, state cabinet minister and spokesperson for the state government said, “The visitors have to register themselves on a state government smart city portal smartcitydehradun.uk.gov.in and produce Covid negative report ranging in the last 72-hours.”
A letter from secretary of disaster management SA Murugesan dated August 30 stated that there shall be no restriction on inter-state or intrastate movement of people and goods.