We are approaching the months of festivals. People travel a lot during festivals and inter-state travel is also very common. The pandemic era has encroached upon the fun of travel making it quite a difficult task now.

Since a lot of festivals are approaching, it is of utmost importance that people keep in mind the necessary documents, the absence of which can hinder your movement. These documents are negative RT-PCR report and the vaccination certificate. Let us take a look at the list of states and the documents required for inter-state travel.

• Chennai passengers travelling from Kerala to Tamil Nadu can enter only if they produce an RT-PCR test negative certificate.
• Karnataka has made RT-PCR negative reports mandatory for people entering the state from Kerala and Maharashtra.
• Himachal Pradesh has made negative RT-PCR reports not older than 72 hours mandatory for tourists entering the state. Those carrying Covid vaccine certificates, one or both jabs, will be allowed to enter the state.
• The Chhattisgarh government has made it mandatory for passengers arriving in the state by air to produce a negative RT-PCR report of the COVID-19 test.
• Himachal Pradesh has made negative RT-PCR reports not older than 72 hours mandatory for tourists entering the state. Those carrying Covid vaccine certificates, one or both jabs, will be allowed to enter the state.
• Goa has made RT-PCR reports mandatory for travellers coming from Kerala.
• Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Odisha, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and Meghalaya do not require negative RT-PCR to enter if you have both doses of the vaccine.
• Rajasthan and Nagaland do not require a negative report if at least one dose of the vaccine is taken.
• Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana do not require negative reports.
• All inbound flight passengers to West Bengal from Pune, Mumbai & Chennai have to produce a mandatory RT-PCR negative report at the time of boarding for the test conducted within 72hrs of flight departure, with effect from 8 August 2021.

The festivals that are falling in August are Muharram-19th August, Onam-21st August, Raksha Bandhan-22nd August, Janmashtami-30th August, Ganesh Chaturthi-10th September.

(media reports)