Malls in Mangaluru to reopen from Monday
Mangaluru: All the Shopping malls in the city will reopen on Monday, following the lockdown relaxation, with precautionary measures against Covid-19.
The owners of Forum Fiza, City Centre, Bharat and other malls in the city have said that several guidelines for such security will be followed, including those regarding touch points for customers, wearing face masks and compulsorily using sanitiser at the entrance. The customers will undergo thermal scanning before entering the malls. In addition, the customers will have to ensure they have downloaded the Arogya Sethu app.
Aravind Srivastava, general manager of the Forum Fiza mall, said, “We have put marks at the lift entrances to ensure maintenance of social distance by customers. The cash counters, escalators where contact is unavoidable, the card swiping machines, seats, hand bags, and trolleys will be sanitized at every shop.”
Mallikarjun, manager of the Bharat Mall, said, “The mall is being opened following the government guidelines. The customers should give preference to hygiene. Places have been specified for customers to sit on the mall premises. Boards with information of various sorts too have been put for the convenience of the customers.”
Nishitha, manager of the City Centre Mall, said that it is more than two months since the government forbade the opening of the mall. “Now, we have been permitted to open the mall with several guidelines. We have taken all kinds of security measures and request the customers to cooperate with us.”
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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.
