Confused transporters on Tuesday morning shot off emails and letters to the chief minister's office seeking clarity on the rules for them, after the notification issued on Monday about standard operating procedures (SOPs) for air, train and road travel from, to and across the state, skipped mentioning their sector. Transporters have been keeping the supply chain alive across state borders.

The government has made a negative COVID-19 report mandatory for those arriving in the state by all the three modes of travel from the NCR of Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Goa, but there is no mention of the transport sector through which thousands of lorries go in and out of the state every single day.