From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bengaluru, Sep 4: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday held a video conference with the Deputy Commissioners of the State’s border districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu, Hassan and Chamarajanagar and also with their district in-charge ministers on the Covid pandemic situation.
While getting details of testing and positivity rates as well as mortality, hospital admissions and vaccination status, the Chief Minister specially asked the coastal Dakshina Kannada district Deputy Commissioner to step up testing and vaccination in the urban areas and also in the border areas.
The Chief Minister asked the Deputy Commissioners and the district in-charge ministers of the five border districts to be very vigilant against the Covid outbreak.
All the five border district administrations were asked to increase the vaccination drive and step it up to 35% and more particularly take measures to ensure 100% vaccination in the areas within 20 kms from the neighbouring Kerala and Tamil Nadu borders.
Revenue Minister R Ashok, Home Minister Araga Jnanedra, Kannada and Culture Minister V Sunil Kumar, Backward Classes Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary, Chief Secretary P Ravikumar, Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner Vandita Sharma, Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Manjunath Prasad and other senior officials were present at the meeting.
CM meets Union Minister Bhagwant Khooba
The Chief Minister later met the Union Minister of State for Renewable Sources of Energy, Chemicals and Fertilisers Bhagwant Khooba and discussed various issues.
State’s Energy Minister V Sunil Kumar and other ministers B C Patil, Prabhu Chavan as well as Energy Department Additional Chief Secretary G Kumar Nayak, Agriculture Department Additional Chief Secretary Raj Kumar Khatri, Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Manjunath Prasad and other senior officials were present during the discussion.
The Chief Minister earlier received public petitions near his residence.