<span style="color: #222222;">Jharkhand government has not allowed inter-state and inter-district public bus transport services in Unlock 1.0 ahead of the growing number of cases of COVID-19 in the state. A few cases of bus operators in Bihar booking reservations for travel to Jharkhand were reported.<br />''<br />''Jharkhand Transport Secretary K Ravi Kumar has written letters to his Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal counterparts to withhold the entry of buses coming to Jharkhand.<br />''<br />''Permission of public transportation through buses from the neighbouring states will be intimated once the decision on Inter-state Bus Services is taken by the state government after reviewing the current situation of COVID 19 cases in the state.<br />''<br />''However, private vehicles, cabs, and hired taxis within the state can move or leave the state without the requirement of any e-pass, but all private vehicles and cabs moving into the state will require an e-pass to enter into Jharkhand.</span><br />