Police across the state have got nearly 75,000 applications for travel passes with the commissionerates of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Pune receiving the maximum number of requests.

Sources in the office of Maharashtra police's Director General said that 2,000 to 2,500 applications from across the state are received every day. In Mumbai, 20,000 have applied for travel permission, 11,000 in Thane, 8,000 in Navi Mumbai, 10,000 in Pune, and 6,000 in Nagpur. However, police are allowing only very few people, having valid, important reasons to travel, saying that permission will be granted where travelling is absolutely necessary.