Temporary walls built on roads across the border with Andhra Pradesh at two remote checkpoints near here were dismantled on Monday after an inspection and in deference to public opinon, authorities here said.
The walls, made of concrete hollow blocks, were put up at Synagunda and Ponnai on the border with Andhra Pradesh to help prevent unauthorised arrival of people into Tamil Nadu.
Vellore District Collector A Shanmuga Sundaram who had earlier in the day said that the walls were mainly to check unauthorised entry of people into Tamil Nadu as part of measures to help prevent sread of coronavirus, later said, "we have removed it."