chandigarh the state transport department has issued standard operating protocol sop regarding interstate travel in buses of haryana roadways on wednesdayan official of the state transport department said that the number of passengers aboard a bus shall not exceed 30 at any time under any circumstance they should not spit inside the bus or outside and at bus stands and other public places and also cover their faces while sneezing and coughing he added he added that the buses being employed for ferrying passengers should be fully sanitized inside outa special new delhi railway station service has been started by the state the service is available only for railway passengers boarding or alighting at new delhi railway station the official saidit has to be clarified that the staff and passengers are free of any ncovid symptoms if any such person is aboard he or she must immediately be deboarded and sent home and those in contact with himher must be home quarantined for fourteen days he addedsop for those travelling by bus in haryanasanitizer bottles must be kept inside the buses at all times and must be used by the bus staff at regular intervalswearing of masks by everyone aboard the bus and on bus stands is mustall passengers should carry hand sanitizers with thempassengers must carry their identity proofs and tickets in physical form along with a photocopy of eachthe bus staff as well as passengers must have aarogya setu app downloaded in their mobile phones while they travel with all relevant details filled inthermal screening of passengers must by the staff deployedno passenger should be allowed to board if he or she is running high temperaturestaff doing thermal screening must be wearing ppe kit and should sanitize themselves properly and adequatelyno spitting inside and outside the busonly 30 passengers would be permitted in a bus