Lack of man power dwarfs efforts at Mao Gate

Our Correspondent
Senapati, May 8 : Acute lack of manpower at Mao Gate is disturbingly likely to hinder the State's efforts to  keep coronavirus at bay, said sources.
Already exhausted medical staff and police personnel monitoring and screening incoming buses and trucks 24x7 are now dealing with heavy traffic at Mao following the launch of evacuation missions to bring back stranded natives.
Stranded Manipuris from different States started flowing in after May 3. But only a handful of staff is stationed at the centre for screening the incoming natives,  truckers carrying essential commodities day and night. Only 15 medical staff are overseeing the screening, said the source.
Altogether, 225 stranded State natives from Guwahati, Assam had reportedly entered the State in 11 different buses till the time of filing this report.
All the outgoing vehicles from Manipur, bound for Dimapur are reportedly screened at Khuzama Check Point, Nagaland while State bound vehicles are screened at Mao.
Work overload and lack of parking space are major problems facing the medical staff and police personnel. Additional COVID-19 trained medical staff and police personnel should be deployed to assist and reduce the stress all staff stationed are facing, said the source.
When the entry point, Mao is being treated as one of most important check points to keep coronavirus at bay, there should be adequate medical facilities and ambulance to effect the screening, added the source.
Meanwhile, many more buses have left for Guwahati to bring back the stranded State natives.