Byndoor Police Station, CPI office sealed down as two staffers test positive for COVID-19
Byndoor: The Byndoor police station as well as the office of the Circle Inspector on the same premises have been sealed down as two police staff tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus here on Monday.
A female staff member tested positive for the virus on June 21 while another staff tested positive on June 22. Since both the staff members were computer operators, they were assigned indoor work. As a result, the two had visited the office of the circle inspector and the police station.
The offices have temporarily been shifted to the old building of the circle inspector's office.
Also, 30 staff members, including the sub-inspector, and the circle inspector have been put under home quarantine following the development.
The staff in all police stations have been working in three groups with 10 days of external work, 10 days of indoor work, and 10 days of rest in a month each. There are about eight staff members of one such group in the Byndoor police station who would not have come into contact with an infected person in the last 18 days. Two of the staff members are aged above 50 years. The other six people will now work from the temporary office, said Kundapur Assistant Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar.
The station will be sanitized on Monday night and two to three times on Tuesday and used for work about 48 hours later. All those who had come into contact with the infected staff members will be made to undergo tests for infection, said the officer.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
