"We the ministers in Karnataka have decided to donate one year of our salary for COVID relief work," state Revenue Minister R Ashoka said here on Thursday.
Ministers of Karnataka have unanimously decided to contribute their one year`s salary for COVID relief work in the state.
"We the ministers in Karnataka have decided to donate one year of our salary for COVID relief work," state Revenue Minister R Ashoka said on Thursday.
Karnataka ministers have decided to donate one year`s salary for COVID relief work: Revenue Minister R Ashoka
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 29, 2021
Ashoka was briefing reporters about Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa`s meeting with the district officials to review COVID management and enforcement of lockdown.
The Minister said 230 acres of land across the state have been reserved for cremation purposes and accordingly, the Deputy Commissioners have handed over the land to the Tehsildars.
In Bengaluru, three crematoria had developed problems following which three more were planned at Mavallipura, Giddenahalli, and Tavarekere on the city outskirts.
The Minister noted that around 300 jail inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 following which the sanitization of jails is underway while arrangements have been made to isolate the COVID patients in jail.
Funds released to the deputy commissioners should be used for distributing medical kits to COVID affected, who are in home isolation, it added.
The CM directed the officials to ensure that all hospitals conducted an audit of oxygen and Remdisivir vials.
These directions came as the cases swelled in Karnataka to a new high of 39,000 cases a day on Wednesday alone leading to the unprecedented demand for ICU beds, oxygen, and Remdesivir antiviral drugs.
To contain COVID, the government has imposed a lockdown starting from April 27 night to May 12 morning in the urban areas of Karnataka.
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