Khammam Police Commissioner Vishnu S Warrier enforcing lockdown on Thursday.
The police have tightened vigil on remote rural roads in Kallur, Yerrupalem and various other mandals along the border with Andhra Pradesh to curb unauthorised inter-State vehicular movement and strictly enforce the COVID-19 lockdown. In several border villages, the local youths volunteered to complement the efforts of the police to maintain constant surveillance on the rural roads to help break the chain of COVID-19 transmission, sources said. The move comes amid reports of some errant motorists using alternative short-cut routes to circumvent the border checkposts in view of the round-the-clock strict vigil at the border points.