Bengaluru: In what comes as a relief to the cinema industry and theatre groups, the Karnataka government has decided to further relax lockdown guidelines and allow cinema halls and auditoriums albeit with 50% capacity.
In a meeting chaired by chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday morning, it was decided to also open up higher educational institutions from July 26. Only those teachers and students who have taken at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine can attend offline classes, it was decided.
Earlier the Karnataka government has further eased restrictions with all public transport- buses and metro- were seen operating up to its seating capacity. With the government allowing places of worship to open only for darshan, people, though fewer in number, were seen visiting temples following COVID precautionary measures at several places in the city.
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