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MANGALURU: Citizens Involved in Technology Assisted Governance (CITAG), a citizens group in Bengaluru, working towards improved governance in various sections, launched the CITAG Covid helpline portal, www.citagcovidhelpline.in on May 2. Mentored by IAS officer Major Manivannan, the platform has expanded to Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Belagavi and Hubballi-Dharwad. Vijay Grover, president, said that last year the department of information and publicity (DIPR) joined hands with The Indian Red Cross Society, Karnataka, and the Karnataka State Labour Institute (KSLI), in providing a platform to the volunteers to serve the community during the pandemic. Moving a step ahead, through CITAG, nearly 120 volunteers, mostly with an IT background, have joined together to launch this platform that provides verified data on hospital beds available in private hospitals, oxygen availability, food services and other details. “In a panic, we often forget the smaller hospitals in our vicinity, and th

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