04 Dec , 2021 By : monika singh
After cases of Omicron Covid-19 variant were detected in India on Thursday, the West Bengal government has taken measures to quarantine the truck drivers in the border areas, conduct RTPCR tests, restrict the movement of trucks carrying various commodities from Bangladesh, through Indo-Bangladesh border, in several districts including Petrapole in North 24 Parganas district and Ghojadanga in Basirhat, Malda, Murshidabad and several other places. West Bengal shares around 2,216.7 km-long border with Bangladesh and that covers 10 of the 23 districts of the state.Trucks carrying several commodities ply daily between both the countries through several districts in Bengal, with the most significant being the Petrapole.
Petrapole is the border checkpoint between India and Bangladesh.
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