India Remains Open to Travels by All Nationalities

Indian High Commission in Dhaka has made it clear that India will not close its border again for the travellers and this will allow the travellers from all nationalities including Bangladesh to travel India, reports AFP.

The clarification came on Saturday as some miscreants are trying to make viral an old report of January this year on social media to confuse public to prevent normalcy in movements.

A spokesperson for the High Commission said an old story is being circulated on social media, claiming that the High Commissioner has advised Bangladeshi nationals not to visit India at this time due to rising Omicron cases.

"There is no such advisory of the Government of India and India remains open to travel from all nationalities," said the High Commission.

The image that is being used in the news to spread misinformation is actually from an agency story which was also published by a newspaper at the time in January 2022. The photo has been downloaded again in May 6, 2022.

"It was emphasised that it was only for the reason of facilitating travel to India that all 16 India Visa Application Centres in Bangladesh were open for extra hours through the first week of May, and were even open on holidays to meet extra demand for visas," said the  spokesperson for the High Commission.