Police issued 2,50,000 movement pass till 7:00pm Wednesday, the first day of a weeklong strict lockdown to thwart spread of COVID-19.
In every minute, there was 21,337 hits on Bangladesh Police’s mobile app Police Movement Pass for a ‘hassle free' movement during the blanket lockdown.
The police headquarters said that there was seven crore 81 lakh hits on the app since it was introduced on Monday.
Three lakh 10 thousand people could register them on the app for getting a pass.
The app was introduced to facilitate the city dwellers uninterrupted movement in and outside the capital during the lockdown period on valid grounds.
The police on Monday said that people needing to go out to provide essential service during the one-week COVID-19 restrictions from April 14 would require a “Movement pass,”.
The pass holder will be able to move on the road without any interruption.
Movement Pass will be given to service providers of different categories including medicine, medical, transportation of agricultural products through the site movementpass.police.gov.bd, said officials.
Conditional permission will be granted for a specified period after providing the required service.
People have to take a pass for every journey.
Everyone needs to fill in the information like name, mobile number, place of departure, destination, ID card or driving license, the reason for the journey etc to apply for a Movement Pass. Police will later issue a pass online.
The pass issued online will contain all the travel information. At the same time, there will be a QR code scanner, which can be scanned by the police personnel on duty at various check-posts to easily ensure the movement of the authorised person.
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