First time in two years Udupi district reports zero COVID positive patients on Wednesday
No COVID patient undergoing treatment at hospitals in district
Udupi: For the in two years since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the coastal Karnataka, Udupi district on Wednesday. The district had first reported the COVID-19 case in March 2020 while it peaked in May that year.
While the cases in the district dropped significantly in November-December 2021, this is the first time in two years the district has not reported any cases of the virus on a particular day.
According to a press statement issued by the District Health Officer on Wednesday, 1541 people in the district were tested for the virus of which no test result returned positive.
The press statement also added that no COVID-19 patient is being treated at any of the hospitals in the district and all the 36 patients with active COVID-19 are under isolation at their homes.
18,421 people tested positive in the district after January 1, 2022, but the district did not report any casualties due to the virus this year. The district has overall reported 546 deaths due to COVID-19, the press release stated.
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Metro services begin in Bhopal; excited residents flock to take rides, selfies
Bhopal (PTI): On the first day of the commercial run of the Metro services in Bhopal on Sunday, hundreds of residents enthusiastically took rides, expressing confidence that it will save time and provide relief from traffic jams.
An official said that the Metro’s first service began at 9 am from the AIIMS station, and by 6 pm, 5,731 people had travelled on the new mass-transit corridor.
He said that people, along with their family members, had been lining up for tickets since early morning. Several users were seen taking selfies and photos inside the Metro rakes and at stations.
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Earlier on Saturday, Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav inaugurated the Metro service by flagging off a train from Subhash Nagar station on a 7.5-kilometre stretch, called the “Priority Corridor”.
With this, Bhopal became the 26th city in the country and the second city in Madhya Pradesh, after Indore, to have the Metro service.
Rao Singh, who took a Metro ride, told PTI Videos that besides saving time and money, the new mode of transport will provide relief from traffic jams and pollution.
Another passenger, who identified himself as Chetan, said he was happy that Bhopal is now on the “Metro list”.
Office-goers will benefit a lot due to the Metro service, said a young man named Akshay.
While the estimated cost of the 30.8-km-long Bhopal Metro project is Rs 10,033 crore, a sum of Rs 2,225 crore was spent on the ‘Priority Corridor’, according to officials.
