Dakshina Kannada: Bantwal partially sealed down following woman's death due to COVID-19
►5 km area classified into three zones, legal action against violators
Bantwal: Bantwal taluk has been completely sealed down after a woman from the Bantwal died of COVID-19 at Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru on Sunday.
The deceased, a resident of Kamat Lane near Venkataramana Temple in Bantwal Taluk, died on Sunday morning and the reports of her samples returned as COVID-19 positive in the evening.
Five-kilometer surrounding area near her house on Kamat Lane has been classified as containment zone, inner buffer zone, and buffer zone.
The 500 meter radius around the deceased woman's house has been flagged as containment zone and has been sealed down.
The 1 kilometer range around the deceased woman's house has been identified as the Inner Buffer Zone, and the Health Department staff will visit every house in this zone to check the health of every resident.
Besides this, Asha workers will be visiting all the homes in this range and will be keeping a close watch and create awareness about the coronavirus.
The third is the buffer zone, which is the radius of 5 km from the house of the deceased woman. Coronavirus is more likely to spread in these areas, so all orders to avoid spreading the virus, including social distancing, are strictly enforced in the vicinity.
The administration has also warned people of initiating legal action in case any resident is found to be violating the instructions.
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Allahabad HC dismisses petition seeking permission to mount loudspeaker on mosque
Prayagraj, Jan 24 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.
The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right.
Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, observed, "Religious places are for offering prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers cannot be claimed as a matter of right, particularly when often such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents".
At the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.
The court also noted that the petitioner did not have locus to file the writ petition.
The term 'locus' is a legal concept that refers to the right of a person or entity to participate in a legal proceeding or bring a lawsuit.
