Lockdown Again in Karnataka ! Need to take more precaution said CM Bommai

Lockdown Again in Karnataka: Amid a worrying surge in Covid cases, Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that Covid cases daily raise in state, in covid positivity rate Karnataka is in 3rd place in Country. CM Bommai also said we need to take more precaution that every Covid norm violator in the state will be punished, no distinction will be made.

If covid cases not come to control we will take more strict restriction he added. “Whoever violates the Covid rules, whether a common man or a big leader, there is no differentiation. Action will be taken in a uniform way according to the law,” said Bommai. The chief minister’s statement comes after an FIR was lodged against thirty persons who took part in the padayatra for the Mekedatu project organised by Congress.

“Government is concerned about the health of those who are participating in Mekedatu padayatra. It is the duty of the health department to check the health condition of those who take the long walk,” said Bommai and urged the participants to cooperate with the health department to do its duty efficiently.

The chief minister in his media address also highlighted the need for increased vigil in the state, in face of rising Covid cases.  “The state has registered 12,000 Covid cases yesterday, of which Bengaluru has accounted for about 9000. The positivity rate in the state has risen to 6.8 per cent and it is 10 per cent in Bengaluru.

Karnataka is in the third spot in the country in Covid cases. So more precautionary measures are needed,” he added. Karnataka on Sunday reported nearly 12,000 more Covid-19 cases, taking the state’s positivity rate to 6.3% .

The BJP government in Karnataka has filed a first information report against Congress leaders for violating COVID-19 safety guidelines. “We have registered an FIR against Congress leaders and organisers of a padayatra (rally),” Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told media.

Thousands of people including Congress leaders and party workers continue to defy COVID-19 guidelines as they participated in the rally for a second day in a row, the BJP has said. The opposition mobilised the crowds from districts near Bengaluru to apply pressure on the ruling BJP government for starting the Mekedatu drinking water project.

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar has run into controversy over the public event at a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in the state and across the country, which is already in the midst of a third wave. As a part of random testing, when a doctor entered DK Shivakumar’s camp asking him for his sample, he outrightly refused, saying he’s a public representative and that he would alert doctors if he had any symptoms.

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“Rey mister, I am fit and fine. You can’t compel me. I know the law of this land. Tell your ministers I am fine. I won’t give my sample for testing. And there’s no requirement for that,” Mr Shivakumar said, while refusing to give samples for a COVID-19 test.