Udupi bars marriage functions till June 7
Udupi, May 24: Marriage functions will not be allowed to be held in Udupi district till the end of the current lockdown period on June 7, Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesha said on Monday.
He told reporters at Udupi that the decision was taken at a video conference with district-in-charge Minister Basavaraj Bommai and MLAs in the district.
Marriage functions are becoming centres of Covid-19 spread, he said and requested the people to postpone marriage functions already scheduled. Permission will not be granted for engagement and mehendi ceremonies also.
Cases will be filed against violators of the decision. Those who have already taken permission can, however, proceed with the functions, he said.
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Ensure uninterrupted CCTV coverage of strongrooms: DMK to EC, after outage at Ooty
Chennai, Apr 29: Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK on Monday urged the Election Commission to ensure uninterrupted CCTV coverage of all strongrooms in the state and sought declaration of premises of storage of EVMs a "no-fly zone" for drones.
DMK Organisation Secretary R S Bharathi, in a memorandum, urged the poll panel to "ensure the CCTV coverage in all the strongrooms where EVMs are stored is not interrupted for whatsoever reasons including technical, electrical, electronical, among others."
Referring to the Closed Circuit Television cameras at the Government Polytechnic College in Udagamandalam (Ooty) going blank for 20 minutes (6.20 pm to 6.40 pm) on April 27, Bharathi requested uninterrupted coverage in his representation addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner and the Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu.
The DMK leader requested the authorities to declare the campuses that house EVMs in strongrooms as "no-fly zone" for drones.
The EVMs of Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency are stored in strongrooms on the Ooty polytechnic college premises.
Bharathi said the only way to monitor the secure state of strongrooms is through uninterrupted CCTV coverage, and urged that a backup of recorded video be preserved.
