Revenue Department officials on Sunday sent back to Karnataka a family of five members, who had been stranded for around 30 hours at Muthanga near the Kerala-Karnataka border. They tried to enter the State via Muthanga after the highway to Kannur was closed at Makkoottam by the Kodagu district administration, sources said. When they tried to go back to Bengaluru, their entry was refused by Karnataka authorities. Later, the Revenue Department officials held a discussion with their counterparts in Karnataka and handed over the family to them. Ms. Abdulla also directed the police to adopt steps to foil the attempts of travellers to enter the district.

Source: The Hindu March 29, 2020 18:20 UTC