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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Bengaluru: First-time Congress MLAs with merit can be made ministers, says Moily
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Marpadi Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said that first-time Congress legislators could be considered for ministerial berths during the proposed Cabinet reshuffle if they have the requisite merit.
Moily responded to reports of over 30 first-time Congress MLAs seeking Cabinet positions by stressing the need for a Cabinet with a balance of merit among first-time, young, and senior leaders.
“We entered politics when the Chief Minister Devaraj Urs recognised us in 1972. If legislators have merit and dedication, they can be included in the Cabinet,” Deccan Herald quoted him as saying.
He said that there is nothing wrong with new MLAs aspiring for ministerial posts and that no one has the moral authority to question such aspirations. He recalled that he, too, was a newcomer in his early political days and said those with eligibility should be given ministerial posts.
“If the MLAs have merit, the Chief Minister will recognise them. In our time, we did not lobby for ministerial berths. We were recognised by the Chief Minister,” he said.
Addressing demands for a change in Chief Minister and current talk of a Cabinet reshuffle, Moily said that legislators voicing aspirations should not be seen as engaging in groupism.
He also said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is scheduled to visit Karkala in Udupi district on Wednesday.
