Mega vaccination drive in Dakshina Kannada on Sep 17
Mangaluru, Sep 14: A mega vaccination drive with a target to administer 1.50 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be held in Dakshina Kannada (DK) district of Karnataka on September 17, Deputy Commissioner K V Rajendra said on Tuesday.
Being a priority district listed by the state government as DK shares borders with Kerala, the target has been given to speed up the vaccination drive, he told reporters here.
Around 500 vaccination sites will be set up for the purpose for which staff of private hospitals will also be used for administering the vaccine. The district administration will also designate a few private hospitals for the drive, the DC said.
More than 70 per cent of the targeted population have received the first dose of vaccines in DK. All panchayats have been directed to prepare a list of those who have not received the jab so far and those who are waiting for the second dose.
Of the total vaccines, 40,000 vaccines will be administered in Mangaluru city corporation limits, he said. The test positivity rate in DK has now come down to 1.57 per cent from 4.8 per cent in the first week of August. Of the 1,604 active cases, only 500 are undergoing treatment in hospitals and Covid-19 care centres.
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Power struggle in ruling Cong has 'created massive confusion' in Karnataka: BJP leader Ashoka
Bengaluru (PTI): BJP leader R Ashoka on Friday claimed that the ongoing power struggle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar has created massive confusion in Karnataka.
He remarked that the proverb “when two people fight, the third one benefits” has come true, as AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge is also now making efforts to become Chief Minister.
Speaking to reporters here, Ashoka said the entire government has turned into a house of confusion due to the alleged power tussle.
Kharge’s new statement has only added to the chaos, he said.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had on Friday said that no date has been fixed yet to discuss possible leadership change in Karnataka.
This came a day after Kharge said there was no change of CM in Karnataka "for now" and that the leadership issue in the state would be resolved soon.
The BJP leader said that Kharge too has aspirations and that he was cheated earlier.
"Perhaps he has received a green signal from the Congress high command to become CM. Everyone is already saying Kharge should become CM. Kharge himself has declared, “I am ready to become CM.” Despite many attempts in the past, he never became CM. Now he is trying to seize the opportunity," the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly said.
According to him, the situation in Congress has perfectly become a case of “two people fighting, third one benefits.”
