Mangaluru: Lockdown in in the district to be lifted on July 23: DK DC confirms
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Sindhu B Rupesh on Tuesday confirmed that the ongoing lockdown in the district will not be extended further. The DC added that the lockdown will be lifted from July 23, 5 am.
A week-long lockdown was imposed in the district starting July 16 till July 22 in the wake of the increasing COVID-19 cases in the district.
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Earlier in the day, the Karnataka Chief Minister, BS Yediyurappa had clarified that the lockdown will not be extended in Bengaluru or any other part of the state asserting that the government was of the opinion that lockdown was not the solution to the spread of COVID-19 but the self-consciousness of the citizen was.
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Sindhu Rupesh however added that the District Administration will initiate the ‘Intensive Vulnerable People Identification Survey’ from July 23 and the officials of the health department and ASHA workers will be visiting the houses to identify vulnerable citizens. She urged people in the district to co-operate with the officials in providing details.
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Commercial LPG price hiked by Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder
New Delhi (PTI): The price of commercial LPG was hiked by the steepest ever Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder on Friday, marking the third straight monthly increase due to rising global energy prices linked to the West Asia conflict.
A 19-kg commercial LPG - used by establishments such as hotels and restaurtants - now costs a record Rs 3,071.5 in Delhi as against Rs 2,078.50 previously.
Rates were last increased by 195.50 per cylinder on April 1. Prior to that, prices had gone up by Rs 114.5 per 19-kg cylinder on March 1.
In three increases, commercial LPG rates have gone up by Rs 1,303.
Prices of domestic cooking gas LPG - the one used in household kitchens - remained unchanged. Domestic LPG rates were last hiked by Rs 60 per 14.2-kg cylinder on March 7. It costs Rs 913 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi.
State-owned Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum revise ATF and LPG prices on the first day of every month based on international benchmarks and the exchange rate.
Global oil prices have shot up almost 50 per cent after the war in West Asia disrupted energy supply chains.
Petrol and diesel prices continue to remain frozen after a Rs 2 per-litre reduction in March last year; petrol currently costs Rs 94.72 per litre in Delhi and diesel Rs 87.62.
