Officials told to make all preparations to tackle third wave, if any
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Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi has directed officials to make preparations to tackle a possible third wave of COVID-19 as test positivity rate in the second wave is reducing.
He was addressing a video conference with officials of various government departments in Raichur on Thursday.
Mr. Savadi, who is also Raichur district in-charge, said that the district administration must focus on implementing the guidelines strictly to deal with the third wave, if any. Thus, special wards with 150 beds and 50 oxygen beds have to be established at the Raichur Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) as part of the preparations.
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Deputy Chief Minister takes officials to task
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MLAs complain that illegal sand extraction and gambling are going on unhindered in Raichur district
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MLAs complain that illegal sand extraction and gambling are going on unhindered in Raichur district
Expressing serious displeasure over unhindered illegal sand extraction and gambling activities in Raichur district, Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi has warned that he would recommend to the State government to take action against Raichur Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police if they failed to stop them.
Chairing the quarterly Karnataka Development Programme meeting in Raichur on Monday, Mr. Savadi took the officers to task when MLAs D.S. Hulageri and Basanagowda Daddal complained that illegal sand extraction was rampant in the district. They also said that matka (gambling) has been going on without hindrance in Lingsugur taluk and the officers concerned have failed to prevent such activit
Polling stopped for some time in Banniganur
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Tension prevailed at polling station no 3 in Banniganur village in Ragalaparvi Gram Panchayat for some time after Abhishekh Nadagouda, son of Sindhanur Janata Dal(S) MLA Venkatarao Nadagouda, charged the Returning Officer with working in favour of a candidate supported by the Congress and demanded that the officer be replaced immediately. Following the incident, election officers closed the doors of the polling station, suspending voting for 20 minutes. They later allowed voting to resume after officers, including Tahsildar Yallappa Subedar, spoke to Mr. Abhishekh Nadagouda stating that the Returning Officer had been asked to leave the polling station.