Making elections accessible
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March 16, 2021 11:59 IST
Groups for differently-abled persons share their views on how to make the polling booths more disabled-friendly
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Groups for differently-abled persons share their views on how to make the polling booths more disabled-friendly
Elections after elections, orthopedically-challenged K. Selvi would crawl to the polling booth at a government school in Vadakkarai near Red Hills. At the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the polling booth became a little less inaccessible, as it offered her a wheelchair. However, without a volunteer to push the wheelchair, Selvi’s sister ended up doing it, while holding her eight-month-old baby.
Jaywalkers get grilles, because speed thrills
Jaywalkers get grilles, because speed thrills
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Feb 1, 2021, 06:00 IST
BBMP uses passive-aggressive design to discourage jaywalking near Metro viaducts
Pedestrians will not be able to jaywalk across the medians below the Metro viaducts that have come up on the middle of several busy roads in the City. The
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (
BMRCL) has started work of installing
grilles on the medians of the 42-km Phase I network, following complaints that people are risking their lives to cross the road by jumping on the medians. They are also installed to protect greenery.
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The vaccinations were held in Ballari with a 32 per cent target achievement; Dharwad-35 per cent and Gadag-39 per cent and nil in all other districts. Overall, 1.86 lakh frontline workers in
Karnataka have been vaccinated so far against the target of 3.3 lakh with 56 per cent achievement goal. Overall, there were nine AEFI cases, though no severe or serious AEFI reported from anywhere in the state on Sunday. On Monday, BBMP is planning to vaccinate 18,217 frontline workers at 206 sites.
573 new cases
Meanwhile, Karnataka reported 573 new
Covid cases and four deaths. The positivity rate for the day was 0.7 pc and the case fatality rate was 0.69 pc. Out of the four deaths reported in Sunday’s bulletin, one was from December 27, another death from January 10 and two deaths from January 18. All the patients were above 63 years and suffering from ILI and
Pandemic affects BBMP’s sapling distribution in city
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December 22, 2020 10:51 IST
The civic body has a stock of over five lakh saplings still in its five nurseries
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Every year, the civic body raises saplings and gives them away free of cost to organisations that want to take up plantation drives.
The civic body has a stock of over five lakh saplings still in its five nurseries
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city has had an impact on all activities and spheres of life. So much so that it has even affected the planting of saplings in the city.