It is said the people working at Hebbal crematorium were shocked when asked to cremate a person who had died of covid, on December 17. They did not have information or directive from the higher authorities about cremation in the case of covid.
It may be recalled that the BBMP conducted a survey of street vendors in 2017 which identified 25,000 street vendors in the city and provided identity cards for around 18,000 of them. The BBMP is supposed to conduct a survey of street vendors once every five years.