BENGALURU:
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said he has decided to visit all the border districts of the state that have more COVID-19 cases and review the situation there in the days to come.
‘I will be traveling in Mysuru district today. I will have a discussion with officials on the COVID situation there.
In the same way I have decided to visit all the border districts, where there are more COVID cases,’ he said.
Speaking to reporters here ahead of his trip to Mysuru, Bommai said he will also visit Chamundeshwari temple and Suttur Mutt, a prominent Lingayat seminary in the region.
'ಇಂದು ಮೈಸೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಪ್ರವಾಸ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿದ್ದು, ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಕೋವಿಡ್ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಚರ್ಚಿಸಲಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಬಳಿಕ ಚಾಮುಂಡೇಶ್ವರಿ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಹಾಗೂ ಸುತ್ತೂರು ಮಠಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಲಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಕೋವಿಡ್ ಪ್ರಕರಣಗಳು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿರುವ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಗಡಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳಿಗೆ ತೆರಳಿ ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ ನಡೆಸಲು ತೀರ್ಮಾನಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ': ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ @BSBommai pic.twitter.com/itIiGlRLyV
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) August 9, 2021
Concerned over the spread of the virus from the neighbouring Kerala and Maharashtra, the Karnataka government has announced weekend curfew in all districts bordering the two states.
Those districts that are bordering Maharashtra where weekend curfew is being imposed are- Belagavi, Bidar, Vijayapura and Kalaburagi-, similarly those districts bordering Kerala are- Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Mysuru and Chamarajanagara.
The Chief Minister who had reviewed the COVID situation on Friday had announced certain containment measures according to which the government had advanced the night curfew across the state by an hour, from 9 PM till 5 AM everyday, instead of 10 PM to 5 AM earlier.
He has also deputed Ministers to each district in the state, and has asked them to visit and personally monitor the situation there. PTI
