Dakshina Kannada District Administration issues guidelines for one-week lockdown
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District in a bid to cap the spread of Corona Virus has announced a one-week complete lockdown in the district starting July 15, 8 pm. The District Administration on Wednesday issued guidelines to be followed during the week-long lockdown.
According to the guidelines use of transport facilities, including KSRTC and private buses and private vehicles, is prohibited, except in case of emergency. Commercial and private organizations will remain closed. Containment zones will also be sealed. Ration and grocery shops, as well as stalls selling food items, grains, fruits, vegetables, and meat outside the zones, will be open from 8 am to 11 am, said Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh, while explaining the guidelines for the lockdown.
Bars, malls, and wine stores will all be completely closed. Public entry is prohibited into gymnasiums, sports complexes, stadiums, swimming pools, entertainment parks, stages, auditoriums, and meeting halls. Organizing social, political, sports, entertainment, cultural as well as religious functions and gatherings at all religious places and places of worship is also not permitted.
Work of health, medical, education, police, Home Guards, public security, fire brigade, and emergency services, disaster management forces, Mangaluru City Corporation, and prison will continue, as usual, the deputy commissioner said.
Flight and train services that have been scheduled will continue during the lockdown. The tickets of passengers will be considered as their passes. In addition, people are permitted to travel in taxis and auto-rickshaws to reach the airports and railway stations. Hiring taxis and auto-rickshaws is prohibited – except those booked for emergency situations.
Rupesh also said that schools, colleges, and other education and coaching institutions will remain shut during the lockdown period. The online class system will be continued, however, the examinations scheduled will be conducted following the national guidelines for control of Covid-19. Students answering examinations may use the hall tickets as passes for travel. They may also use the taxis and auto-rickshaws to reach the examination halls. Teachers are permitted to travel to SSLC evaluation centers.
Hospitality services, including hotels and restaurants, will be closed – except for the staff of health, police, and government services departments, health workers, and travelers as well as for quarantine facilities. The hotels and restaurants may only provide food as a takeaway.
Food processing and related industries, banks, insurance offices, ATMs, and print and electronic media houses will be permitted to function. Distance communication, internet, circulation and cable services, information technology, and related services will also be provided. Management offices will have to function with skeletal staff to provide the basic facilities. They will, however, have to give preference to work from home system, said the deputy commissioner.
Supply of food, medicine, medical equipment, and other necessary things, functioning of power generation, supply and transmission units, the Indian Securities and Exchange Board and stock market facilities, cold storage units and godowns will be carried out through e-commerce system, said Rupesh, adding that the rest of the institutions will have to use the work from home system.
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Congress Corporator's daughter stabbed to death inside college campus in Hubballi
Hubballi (Karnataka), Apr 18: The daughter of a Congress Corporator was stabbed to death by her acquaintance inside BVB college campus here on Thursday after she allegedly rejected his proposal, police said.
The deceased Neha (23), the daughter of Niranjan Hiremath, was a first-year MCA student, they said.
The accused 23-year-old Fayaz, an MCA dropout, has been arrested in connection with the incident, police said, adding that both of them were batchmates during their BCA course.
The entire incident was caught on CCTV camera.
According to the police, Fayaz went inside the college campus with a knife and stabbed Neha five-six times. During the attack, he too sustained injuries and was shifted to the hospital along with the victim. At the hospital, Neha was declared brought dead.
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"During interrogation, he (Fayaz) claimed that the two of them had been in a relationship and that she had suddenly started avoiding him. It needs to be corroborated and verified, but he was arrested immediately," a senior police officer said.
A case of murder has been registered, police said, adding that further investigation is underway.
Narrating about the incident, Neha's father Hiremath said that his daughter had classes from 8 am. At around 4.30 pm, when she stepped out after completing her classes, this person approached towards her and stabbed her nearly six times inside the college campus and she died on the spot.
"He (the accused) was an old student and he had proposed my daughter but she rejected his proposal. She did not like him and she usually stayed away from all this...She refused him saying they both belonged to different caste and that she did not wish to have any relationship with him. Out of anger, he stabbed my daughter," he told PTI videos.
Demanding justice for her daughter, he said that the accused should he hanged to death only then will his daughter's soul rest in peace.
Meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah condemned the incident and offered condolences to the family of the deceased.
"An accused has already been arrested in connection with the incident and I have instructed the Director General of Police to conduct a strict investigation and take action to ensure maximum punishment for the accused," he said in a post on 'X'.
He also appealed to people to not take law into their hands.
"In connection with the incident, no one should get agitated and take law into their hands or attempt to disturb peace of the society. It is our duty to get justice for the death of the young woman, in this regard the police department will work hard," he added.
