In Mizoram, the information and communication technology department has launched a mobile app for the truck drivers and handymen carrying essential goods from outside the state to ensure easy and safe transport during the lockdown period of COVID19 pandemic. The mobile app, mCOVID19 will act as the online pass for the drivers and handymen. The chief secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaungo informed about this new mobile application to the representatives of different associations. He said that the truck drivers and handlers coming from outside the state need to be thoroughly screened to contain the spread of the pandemic and this mPASS will be useful for the purpose.<br />'' <br />'' Officials said that the drivers and handymen of interstate carriers will have to do registration of mPASS and thereafter an mPASS ID will be sent to them via sms, showing information of where the drivers come from, where they are going and what goods they are carrying.<br />'' <br />''<br />''An official statement said that the mPASS declaration on the mobile App need to be done by all trucks entering Mizoram from other states. Also, after medical screening of the drivers and handymen at entry points the mPASS id will be registered for entry into the state. Different features available in the mCOVID19 app are registration, permission, declaration and Entry Point Scan.<br />
News On AIR | April 23, 2020 7:58 PM
Mizoram: Mobile app 'mCOVID19' to act as online pass for drivers and handymen