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COVID-19 – Essential Service Passes In Karnataka

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The Home Affairs Ministry operating under the Government of India has introduced a pass system to control the movement of people in India. This decision intends to put a check on the transmission of COVID 19 Coronavirus.

In order to implement the lockdown, the Karnataka government implements a pass system for essential services. Here is everything you must know about essential service passes in Karnataka

Essential Service Passes In Karnataka
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Essential Service Passes In Karnataka -Types

Two different passes will be issued:

  1. For individuals
  2. For vehicles

Who Requires Essential Service Passes In Karnataka?

Passes will be issued to:

  • Employees of ATM’s, Banks, Insurance Agencies
  • Staff/delivery agents of pharmaceutical companies operating online
  • Employees/Delivery staff of online food services (Eg: Zomato, Uber Eats  etc)
  • E-commerce staff and delivery agents (Eg: Amazon, Myntra etc)
  • Security Staff employed privately
  • Employees working in a grocery store, ration shop, and other stores providing essential food items like milk, fish and meat
  • The staff working for a petrol/LPG retail agency
  •  Staff working in the health sector (Hospitals/Public Health Dispensaries/Clinics/ Laboratories/Nursing Homes/ Ambulance services)
  • Media persons (Both print and electronic media)
  • Staff working for IT companies
  • Employees of IT services supporting other essential services
  • Employees of Telecom industries and internet providers
  • Staff employed in the Power generation/transmission/distribution sectors
  • Employees of essential commodity manufacturing industries
  • Debt and capital market services employees
  • Staff working in cold storages and warehouses
  • Transportation employees of essential  commodities
  • Employees of hotels where tourists are stranded due to the COVID 19 outbreak/tourists have been asked to quarantine themselves due to possible exposure

Where Can You Get Essential Services Passes?

  • Jurisdictional L&O and DCP (Deputy Commissioner of Police) Office
  • The passes are available 24/7
  • Staff are working in 3 different shifts to meet these requirements and make the pass available immediately
  • The individual has to duly fill and submit an application form that is standardized
  • The passes will be issued in the format prescribed

DCP Offices Contacts Where Passes Are Available

  • Dr. Chetan Singh Rathore
  • Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central division
  • Contact number: +91-80-2220 0907/ 2294-2344
  • Dr. S D Sharanappa
  • Deputy Commissioner of police East division
  • Contact number: +91-80-2556-7085/2294-2312
  • B Ramesh
  • Deputy Commissioner of Police
  • West division
  • Contact number: +91-80-2237-0195/2294-2356
  • N Shashikumar
  • Deputy Commissioner of Police
  • North division
  • Contact number: +91-80-2356-7714/2294-2299
  • Rohini Katoch Sepat
  • Deputy Commissioner of Police
  • South division
  • Contact number: +91-80-2356-7714/2294-2299
  • Joshi Srinath Mahadev
  • Deputy Commissioner of Police
  • South East division
  • Contact number: +91-80-2553-0284/2294-3465
  • Dr.Bheemshankar S Guled
  • Deputy Commissioner of Police
  • North East division
  • Contact number: +91-80- 2363-2002/2294-3676
  • M N Anucheth
  • Deputy Commissioner of Police
  • Whitefield division
  • Contact number: +91-80- 2522-3022/2294-2852

Who Do Not Require These Passes?

Passes do not have to be issued to the following categories of employees/vehicles

  • High Court employees
  • Government department staff
  • Government vehicles having ‘G’ registration
  • Goods vehicles

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