Archives for December 2021

Parmesh S Jain

Joint meeting with Police department to control Covid-19 variant in BBMP limits

A Joint meeting was held by BBMP and police department to enforce Covid rules and to take all Precautionary measures to contain the spread of Omicron.

A Virtual meeting was held at office of the Commissioner of police,Kamal Pant,BBMP Chief Commissioner, Gaurav Gupta along with BBMP Special Commissioner (Health) Dr. Trilok Chandra, all the zonal commissioners,Additional Commissioner of Police,S Murugan,Additional Commissioner of Police, Soumendhu Mukherjee, all the zonal joint commissioners, Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), Chief Health Officer, all the zonal Health Officers and other concerned officials were present.

The BBMP Chief Commissioner,Gaurav Gupta
has instructed the BBMP officials to take up necessary measures to control the spreading of the covid-19 variant in BBMP limits by taking up joint operations with the police officials ensuring the strict enforcement of the regulations given by state government.

Addressing a virtual joint meeting held between BBMP and the police department inorder to control the spreading of covid-19 in the city, the BBMP Chief Commissioner said that, in an average, there were 150-200 covid-19 cases were being registered in BBMP limits everyday.

In recent 3 days,it has increased upto 250.So,it is necessarary to stop the increase of the number. With this regard,BBMP officials and Police personnel have to take up joint operations.

The regulations issued by state government must be enforced strictly.Restaurants,Pubs, Clubs should only be allowed to operate with 50% seating capacity.

The personnel working there must be having RT-PCR negative certificate and they must be taken double dose vaccine against Covid-19.They must comply with covid appropriate behaviuors.

The customers who have taken double dose vaccine-only shall be allowed, the Chief Commissioner said.

Ensure no New year celebrations’ shall be arranged in public places.Public announcement regarding this must be done in the city.

Actions should be taken by BBMP officials and Police against the people failing to obey covid appropriate behaviours,he added.

Avoid public gathering.Educate the people about the regulations issued by government by conducting meetings with Residents Welfare Associations, concerned pesons of Paying Guest (PGs), Hostels and markets.Instruct them to follow the rules,he said.

New year celebrations after 10 pm should not be allowed anywhere in the city. Actions should be taken if any such cases are found, the chief commissioner said.

He also instructed the BBMP officials and Police officers to take up joint operations to check whether the covid appropriate behaviors are properly being followed or not in market places, he said.

BBMP Administrator,Rakesh Singh said,We have to have a balanced approach towards the people and enforcement.

The situation is of great concern and the enforcement of rules should be fine. Wishing a happy new year to everybody, let us start the new year with better mode with much concern.”

Speaking in the meeting,City Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant said that, the night curfew after 10 pm is being enforced strictly in the city to control the spreading of covid-19.

Regulations issued by government should be enforced strictly. Measures should be taken to avoid public gatherings. Ensure no bad incidents will happen in public places. Take much care about major places of such kind he added.

Social distancing markers being put in West Division,This is in response to Police-BBMP meeting held this morning.To enforce covid appropriate behaviour.

Parmesh S Jain

The Govindapura police on Tuesday arrested 28-year-old man from Kerala and recovered 575 grams of charas worth Rs 5.8 lakh from him.

The accused has been identified as,Basil George from Ernakulam,was caught red handed while moving suspiciously near a forest office in HBRB layout 1st stage 4th block.

Senior officer told reporters,the Govindapura police inspector Prakash R, received a credible information that one person moving suspiciously near forest office in HBRB layout and suspect of waiting to deliver drugs.

Based on information Inspector Prakash R,and team swung into action and immediately rushed to spot with crime staff the team surrounded the area and kept a close watch on his movements when the team got confirmation.

They approached the person and during questioning the team got suspecion on his statement and behaviour the team took apprehended him and took him into station for further questioning.

When the team checked his bag the team found Charas weighing of 575 grams in his possession.

Preliminary investigations revealed that George had sourced the drugs from his contact in Himachal Pradesh and had a list of clients in the city including reputed people in the city and college students.

We have obtained a list of his clients for further investigations.

George also has a good network with the other peddlers across the country to source synthetic and other forms of drugs based on the demand. 

The police have booked him under NDPS act and taken into custody for further investigations.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP,KG Halli Sub-Division,KS Jagadish,PI,Prakash R,PSI,Lokesh,ASI,Anand Kumar M R,and crime staff as,Sathish,Kalahalli Basavaraj,Suresh Badagi,Sadashiv Belagali,Sangur,Madhu,Siddappa Handibar, Mohammed Khadirullah,Nagaraj Y,Sandeep, Chinnaswamy N,has been appreciated for the exemplary and meticulous investigation done by the team in nabbing the inter-state drug peddler a suitable reward will be given to the whole team he added.

Parmesh S Jain

The CCB officials of Anti-Narcotics Wing on Wednesday caught three Nigerian nationals and recovered synthetic drugs stored to sell on new year worth Rs.80 lakh

The accused has been identified as,Edochie Sylvester,Charles Ezo,Basil Ndudisi,all the trio resident of Nigeria.

Senior officer told media persons,as new year is near and the drug peddling in the city will be high as the peddlers will be waiting to sell the drugs to their clients charging high rate continuing the war on drugs and to control drug abuse in the city.

A separate wing has been formed as Anti-Narcotics Wing headed by ACP,KC Goutham,to keep a close watch on drug menace in the city.

The Anti-Narcotics wing officials received a reliable inputs that three foreign nationals in Bagaluru police station limits have stored huge amount of synthetic Drugs for new year party to sell it to their clients.

Based on a tip off a team of police headed by ACP,KC Goutham and team swung into action and kept a close watch for couple of days on the house and after getting confirmation the team raided a house in Bagaluru and after conducting search the team recovered 400 grams of MDMA, 40 grams of Cocaine,400 grams of Hashish packed in Fiama soap boxes from their possession.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and a detailed investigation revealed that the accused came to india on business visas and overstayed to peddle drugs .

The accused would source the drugs from their contacts in Mumbai and bring it to the city packed in soap boxes to hoodwink police and central agencies.

The accused were storing the drugs at their rented house to sell it to their clients for the upcoming new year celebrations he added.

A case has been registered against all the trio under NDPS Act and Foreigners Act in Bagaluru police station and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-2,BS Angadi,ACP,KC Gautham, PI,R Virupakshaswamy,PSI,Prem Kumar,and crime staff as,Sridhar,Srinivas,Arun, Srinivas,Kumar and others has been appreciated for the commendable and exemplary work done by the whole team and a suitable reward will be given to the whole team he added.

Parmesh S Jain

BBMP Chief Commissioner,Gaurav Gupta,along with BBMP Chief health officer (health) Dr balasundar, all zonal joint commissioners, health officers and other concerned officials were present at the meeting.

Gaurav Gupta at a review meet about the preparation done by BBMP to Vax kids said he has instructed the officials to take up all the needed measures,with all preparations in each concerned zone limits to vaccinate the children of 15-18 years from January 3.

Speaking in a virtual review meeting regarding the controlling of Covid-19 in the city,he asked the officials to make all the arrangements to vaccinate the children of 15-18 years in government and private schools and colleges in BBMP limits.

He advised the officials to make a zonewise list and deploy the personnel for the same.

Children of 15-18 years who are out-of-schools (from slum areas,industrial areas) also should be get vaccinated.For that,NGO’s help could be taken.

All the preparations should be done regarding administering precautionary (booster) dose for 60 years above, health workers and frontline workers from January 10, he added.

Immediate precautionary steps should be taken up wherever the increase of covid cases found in the city.Nip it (corona) in the bud itself by ensure proper contact tracing.

Educate the people to follow covid appropriate behaviour in parties and such places of social gatherings.

Health officers should take up a meeting with residents’ welfare associations (nivasigala kshemabhivriddhi sangha) in each wards, he said.

In an average,45,000 covid tested are being done in the city daily. The chief commissioner asked the officials to increase the number further. He advised the officials to vaccinate the unvaccinated population.

He asked the officials to join hands with police to control covid by enforcing restrictions imposed by the state government (public gathering in market, restaurants, bar, etc).

He instructed the officials to take action against restaurants, commercial firms if the covid appropriate behaviours are not followed.

Speaking in the meeting, BBMP Special Commissioner (Health) Dr. Trilok Chandra said that, in BBMP limits, there are around 5 lakh children of 15-17 years of age.They are all will be vaccinated from January 3.

For that,such children will be identified from local educational instituiutions.School drop out children and children who have joined for work in industrial areas also will be vaccinated.So, the officials should come up with an action plan regarding the number beneficiaries,vaccination centers etc.

Parmesh S Jain

I have the energy and inspiration to work tirelessly without rest all 365 days of the year, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said,speaking to media persons on his arrival at Hubballi airport.

Reacting to BJP MLA,MP Kumaraswamy’s statement that the Chief Minister should take a brief rest,Bommai said,I have the energy to work tirelessly.I have resolved to work atleast 15 hours a day.

Bringing BJP back to power in the 2023 election is my aim.Preparations will be on in this regard.

The two-day BJP State Executive Committee meeting is being held in Hubballi on Tuesday and Wednesday.

It would have deliberations on issues related to party organisation and political developments. A few significant decisions would be taken.

BJP National General Secretary,in-charge of Karnataka,Arun Singh and the state President would decide the agenda for the meeting, Bommai said.

Replying to a question about the recent ACB raid at BDA,Bommai said,a request for permission to file an FIR has been received.Permission would be granted without any delay for the request from the Internal Vigilance Cell.

Reacting to Arun Singh’s statement that the 2023 election would be fought under the leadership of the Chief Minister,Bommai he said,the central leadership has reposed faith in me.BJP believes in teamwork.We will work unitedly.There is good coordination between the government and party he added.

Parmesh S Jain

A 29-year-old dhaba employee who sustained burn injuries after a group of men set fire to the dhaba succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as,Manoj was having dinner at around 12.40 am after cleaning the dhaba while his colleagues were sleeping.

He came out of the dhaba after hearing a blast sound followed by a flash of light.Thinking that it was a transformer blast due to an electric short circuit.

Manoj came out only to be confronted by an unidentified man,who splashed a chemical smell like petrol on him . 

Soon Manoj was engulfed in fire and ran inside the dhaba to get help from his colleague Tejas.

The other staff members doused the fire and ran out to safety before the dhaba was on fire .

The Soladevanahalli police based on the statement of Manoj, taken up a case against the unknown persons charging them under section 436 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house) and section 307 ( attempt to murder) .

However after the death of Manoj, the police added a murder case against the accused and stepped up investigations to track them down said a senior officer.

BENGALURU: Over a span of a week, 21 Covid-19 cases have been reported in an apartment in Rajajinagar, creating yet another cluster in Bengaluru. Some of the residents of Sobha Indraprastha who tested positive, have a travel history.

“We are gathering their travel histories and have contained their flats, along with the floors above and below. We are testing all the other residents as well. The samples have been sent for genomic sequencing to ascertain which variant has caused the cluster,” said Dr Thrilok Chandra, Special Commissioner, (Health), Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.

The city has 98 active containment zones, 31 of which are in Bommanahalli zone alone. This is followed by 19 in South Zone, 14 in Mahadevapura, 13 in East Zone, 10 in West, six in Yelahanka and five in RR Nagar. There are no containment zones in Dasarahalli.

BENGALURU: Amid fears of a third Covid wave, the state saw a 37.10 per cent jump in Wednesday’s Covid cases at 566 as compared to Tuesday’s tally of 356. This is the first time since early October that the state has recorded over 500 cases a day. With Wednesday’s numbers, total Covid cases have gone up to 30,05,798 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Cluster outbreaks were reported in Kolar and Mandya. At Morarji Desai School in Kolar, 10 students tested positive and at a private nursing college in Bangarpet, four students are Covid-positive. At the school, after a student reported symptoms of fever, she was tested and the result came positive. Later, all the 252 students were tested, of which ten are positive. The school has now been declared a containment zone.

At a village in Maddur taluk of Mandya district, five primary class students at the Hallikere Government School tested positive. Initially, one student tested positive and after that all the 50 students were made to give swab samples, of which four are positive. Health officials rushed to the spot and sanitised the school premises before sealing it for a few days. Taluk health officials said there is no need to worry as the students are asymptomatic and isolated. 

‘Safety a big concern’

Sr inivas Alavilli, head, civic participation, Janaagraha said, “Cities are flooded by private and personal
vehicles. The number of pedestrians is dwindling by the day. More peopl e want to cycle, but safety
is a major concern.

Unless we shift a lot of people from private vehicles to walking, cycling and enable public transport, our cities are going to see never-ending traffic jams. This Bill will address the rights of cyclists and pedestrians and could not have come at a better time.”