Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
*BWSSB will hold a phone-in programme with its chairman, Tushar Girinath, on Saturday from 9am to 10.30am. He will discuss public grievances about water billing, overflowing manholes, meter reading issues, improper water supply and sanitary problems. Call 08022945119. Callers must disclose their RR number before raising a complaint, the water board said.
*Lockdown extended till May 7 in Kalaburagi
*Police will start releasing the vehicles seized during the lockdown on Friday, after the Karnataka high court passed directions in this regard.
*09.25am: Covid-19 death toll rises to 1,147; total cases 35,043: Union health ministry
*Karnataka government on Thursday sent out clear indications that it favours reopening most of commercial and industrial activities across the state, barring those in Covid-19 containment zones, from May 4, a day after the extended national lockdown is expected to end.
*Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is yet to commence online booking for post May 3 journeys, private bus operators are taking advantage of the situation to fleece passengers.
*Medical education minister K Sudhakar is facing flak for convening a Covid-19 preparedness review meeting here on Wednesday despite coming in contact with a positive patient.
*A day after the Centre allowed people stranded in different parts of the country to retrun home, the state government on Thursday appointed nodal officers to oversee the process.
*Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangh (KKGSS) in Bengeri, Hubballi, which makes the national flag as per standards set by the government of India and Bureau of Indian Standards, has had to halt production due to a lack of raw material.
*Karnataka government estimates that 6,615 units, with 1.2 lakh employees, have started functioning. It’s a tiny proportion of the 5 lakh industrial units, with 43 lakh employees, the state has.
*BWSSB will hold a phone-in programme with its chairman, Tushar Girinath, on Saturday from 9am to 10.30am. He will discuss public grievances about water billing, overflowing manholes, meter reading issues, improper water supply and sanitary problems. Call 08022945119. Callers must disclose their RR number before raising a complaint, the water board said.
*Lockdown extended till May 7 in Kalaburagi
*Police will start releasing the vehicles seized during the lockdown on Friday, after the Karnataka high court passed directions in this regard.
*09.25am: Covid-19 death toll rises to 1,147; total cases 35,043: Union health ministry
*Karnataka government on Thursday sent out clear indications that it favours reopening most of commercial and industrial activities across the state, barring those in Covid-19 containment zones, from May 4, a day after the extended national lockdown is expected to end.
*Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is yet to commence online booking for post May 3 journeys, private bus operators are taking advantage of the situation to fleece passengers.
*Medical education minister K Sudhakar is facing flak for convening a Covid-19 preparedness review meeting here on Wednesday despite coming in contact with a positive patient.
*A day after the Centre allowed people stranded in different parts of the country to retrun home, the state government on Thursday appointed nodal officers to oversee the process.
*Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangh (KKGSS) in Bengeri, Hubballi, which makes the national flag as per standards set by the government of India and Bureau of Indian Standards, has had to halt production due to a lack of raw material.
*Karnataka government estimates that 6,615 units, with 1.2 lakh employees, have started functioning. It’s a tiny proportion of the 5 lakh industrial units, with 43 lakh employees, the state has.
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