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Updated: May 27, 2021 17:15 IST The district has a positivity rate of 41.32% which is higher than the State’s average of 19.28 Share Article AAA The district has a positivity rate of 41.32% which is higher than the State’s average of 19.28 · · Widespread vaccination since April and COVID-19 Mitra initiative attributed to decline in deaths due to COVID-19; Case Fatality Rate in Mysuru stands at 0.63 percent, which is lesser than State average of 1.86 percent · District Administration aims to make Mysuru free of COVID-19 by July 1, which is observed as National Doctors’ Day Shankar Bennur : Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri on Thursday argued that Mysuru recorded the highest positivity rate in the State since it has been carrying out targeted testing unlike the previous wave. Symptomatic persons are now being prominently tested and therefore the number of positive cases are high in Mysuru, she explained. ....
Works as past of the project may endanger safety of dam structure, says panel convener •Cites various reasons on technical grounds for objecting to the project which is being revived as a tourist attraction with an investment of about Rs 2,000 crore under PPP model •We are against the project at the dam site and not against it, says Convener M Lakshmana, who warns of endangering the dam by carrying out nearly 33-plus works as a part of the proposed theme park project Shankar Bennur : The Technical Advisory Committee of the Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), Mysuru, has taken strong objection to fresh attempts to revive the controversial project of developing a theme park on the model of Disneyland at the KRS dam site as a tourist attraction, arguing that the project may endanger the dam. ....
Videoconference discusses steps to be taken on the inter-State border •Kodagu DC Annies Kanmani Joy and the DCs of Kasaragod and Dakshina Kannada take part in a video conference in connection with the steps to be taken on the inter-state border in view of forthcoming elections to the gram panchayats Shankar Bennur Even as the elections to gram panchayats are fast approaching, the Kodagu district administration had consultation with the administration of Kasaragod in Kerala on the steps to be taken on the inter-State border for ensuring free and fair elections. The Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu, Annies Kanmani Joy, and her Kasaragod counterpart D. Sabith Babu, and Dakshina Kannada counterpart K.V. Rajendra took part in the consultations through a videoconference on Wednesday. ....