The covid-19 outbreak has sparked an interstate dispute over the ‘right to the highway’. With growing concern over the rapid rise of cases in Kerala, neighbouring Karnataka had closed all roads across the Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu and Mysuru districts.
Subsequently, the Kerala high court passed an order directing Karnataka to lift the ban. On Friday, the B.S. Yeddiyurappa-led government challenged the Kerala high court order before the Supreme Court. In response, the SC asked the Centre to settle the dispute.
Kerala has recorded 286 positive coronavirus cases as of 3 April.
