keribicholim chief minister pramod sawant visited the border checkpost at keri on thursday and discussed various issues faced by officials even though valpoi police are effectively manning the borders postlockdown it was revealed that some people from neighbouring states sneak into goa illegallyinstances in the past had come to light wherein daily wagers from karnataka who were in goa prior to lockdown had made attempts to cross the border using pathways from forest linking the chorla ghat stretchtheir attempts proved futile after karnataka police intercepted them and handed over to the goa police ever since they have been kept in shelter homes at mapusaas per reports 36 people have been found positive for coronavirus in belgavi district of karnataka that shares borders with sattari taluka also a person from piranwadi has been found positive in covid19 testdeputy collector of valpoi mangaldas gaonkar told toi that proper directives have been issued to the police to block all pathways leading to the border also they have been asked to keep a strict vigil on the vehicles that carry essential goodsin a related development a gate has been installed across an untarred road at sal restricting the entry of people from maharashtra through the rehabilitation colony at sal in bicholim social worker meghshyam raut installed the gate at his own expense after taking permission from bicholim pi sanjay dalvi recently after public outcry the local civic body had dug trenches on the road preventing people from neighbouring states from entering goabut some miscreants filled the trenches and opened the road for vehicles it was only after villagers raised an alarm over the lurking danger that police took cognizance of the same and allowed the installation of the gate two policemen have also been deployed here to keep a watch over the movement of traffic