Indian Army sets up 100-bed COVID Care Centre in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, May 22: The Indian Army has chipped in to fight against the pandemic by setting up a 100-bed Covid Care Centre at Ulsoor here.
The Karnataka State administration took on the responsibility of providing medical staff and equipment and the Army joined in with administrative support for maintaining high standards at the facility and ensuring best possible patient care, the Army said in a statement.
The Covid Care Centre would cater to mild symptomatic and asymptomatic Covid patients referred by BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) after bed allotment.
On Saturday, Major General J V Prasad, General Officer Commanding, Karnataka and Kerala Sub-Area, handed over the facility to the State administration in presence of State Housing Minister V Somanna, BJP MP P C Mohan, Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad, and civic agency Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta.
Today a 100-bed COVID care center for Shivajinagar Assembly residents was set up by the Indian Army on the premises of Kendriya Vidyalaya on St. Johns Road.
— Rizwan Arshad (@ArshadRizwan) May 22, 2021
MEG and Centre will provide 24/7 medical care with the support of @unitedsikhs who will aid the medical infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/XUtbFtoJFz
Inaugurated a dedicated COVID care center for Shivajinagar Assembly at the Kendriya Vidyalaya on St. Johns Road.
— Rizwan Arshad (@ArshadRizwan) May 22, 2021
The event was attended by Housing minister @ShriVSomanna, @PCMohanMP, Major General JV Prasad - General Officer Commanding, Karnataka and Kerala, @BBMPCOMM along with pic.twitter.com/kidLg8dt64
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Sculptor Ram Sutar, designer of Statue of Unity, passes away
New Delhi (PTI): Noted sculptor Ram Sutar, known for designing the world's tallest statue — Statue of Unity — in Gujarat, passed away late on Wednesday night at his Noida residence, his son said.
He was 100 and ailing with age-related illnesses.
"It is with profound grief that we inform you of the passing of my father Shri Ram Vanji Sutar on 17th December midnight at our residence," his son Anil Sutar said in a note shared with the press on Thursday.
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Born in a humble family in Gondur village under the Dhule district of present-day Maharashtra on February 19, 1925, Sutar is known to have been drawn to sculpting from his childhood.
A gold medallist from JJ School of Art and Architecture, Mumbai, Sutar, has to his credit a long list of achievements.
The iconic statues of Mahatma Gandhi seated in a meditating pose and of Chhatrapati Shivaji riding a horse on the Parliament premises rank among his finest creations.
The Statue of Unity honours Sardar Patel, country's first deputy prime minister and home minister.
Sutar was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016.
Recently, Sutar was conferred with the Maharashtra Bhushan Puraskar, the state's highest award.
