Bhubaneswar, April 25 -- Bhubaneswar: Amid a relentless rise in Covid-19 cases in Odisha, the State Government has decided to keep a strict vigil at all the porous village routes along the inter-state border with West Bengal where a triple mutant variant of the virus has been detected.

"There are many porous village routes through which people may enter the coastal state from West Bengal without checks. So it has been decided to keep a strict vigilance and checking at all those routes. Tight surveillance is also in force at three major check posts and all the routes which pass through Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts. Police patrolling has been intensified in the regions," said ADG (Law and Order) Yaswant Jethwa.

According to official ...