While city police resort to different methods to enforce lockdown,the Madanayakanahalli police garland 34 persons including 32 bikers and two autorickshaw drivers putting tilak on their forehead and took aarti to embarrass them publicly for moving out without reasons.
This is the only option left after enforcing strict lockdown,Manjunath BS,Inspector Madanayakanahalli station, said .
Senior officer,said A part of the plan a team of officials put up barricades near Navayuga toll on Tumkuru road and caught the motorist trying to pass by .
We have resorted to canning,booked cases, seized vehicles and even took out awareness march holding placards and public announcements,but people continue to violate lockdown rules unabated,he said .
As part of the strategy we decided to garland the violators and embarrass them so that the others can learn a lesson,he added .
A woman constable was asked to do aarti while the other staff garland and put Tilak on the violators and click pictures.
The senior police officers later give them a piece of advise on the effect of community spread and how it is going to effect the health and burden the family members.We have also seize their bikes and issued notices to the violators .
The drive took around 10.30am and it ended in the evening. Most of them did not have valid reasons.
Many cited they are going for vaccination but no document to corroborate their claim.Some of them even said that they going for hospital but there was no valid reason for their visit to hospital or medical store,another police,said .
One of the biker was carrying bank ID card even though it was Sunday and tried to convince that he is going on official work.When we insisted to talk to his senior officer he admitted the mistake.
However there are some motorists who have genuine reasons who were allowed to pass through but majority of them have no reasons to come out,another official added.
Meanwhile the city police registered cases against more than 500 persons for violating lockdown rules.The violators were booked under Disaster management act and Epidemic disease act and released later on station bail .
City police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,requested the people to stay at home during lockdown and cooperate with the police.The enforcement is to contain covid infection and asked people to be responsible and help police to make the lockdown successful.
Details of the vehicles seized for violation of #COVID19 guidelines: As of May 23: from 10 AM to 8 PM,2-Wheelers: 1308,3-Wheelers:77,4-Wheelers:103, totally 1488 violators vehicles seized.Cases booked under NDMA is 184 he added.
DCP Southeast,Srinath Mahadev Joshi,tweeted,Our people are working day and night for effective lockdown.Served with kashaya prepared at police station. So tasty and relaxing it is.Handling in every police station since 1 month we are preparing this and our people are energised with it.Witout bothering about rains we seized 530 vehicles unnecessarily moving on road.
In another tweet he said,Hello have a look at Krupanidhi junction.. anyone can find dirt in someone. Be the one who finds the gold. Join hands in breaking the chain. Stay at home,stay safe he tweeted to educate people.
DCP Northeast,CK Baba tweeted,Dont just copy our helmetBut our mettle too,To risk our lives In protecting you all!Till then be our guest And pay us the fine..#covidpataka @CPBlr @BlrCityPolice.
This is a lockdown and not vacation time. Please do not step out of your houses if there is no pressing need!Watch your movement as you are in for a double whammy as traffic cops are part of the action #COVIDSecondWavelockdown @BlrCityPolice @CPBlr .
Argue,debate,discuss,Because we give the space And hear you out.But remember the virus will not spare,And you will land in its lair..#covidpataka @CPBlr @BlrCityPolice he wrote in a marathon tweets to make people understand and it is like awareness as nowadays people are more active on social media platforms so to pass a strong warning message to lockdown violators.
In view of the pandemic situation, lockdown in Karnataka has been extended till June 7, 2021, chief minister BS Yediyurappa informed on Friday.
We had a meeting with senior officials and ministers.We have taken a decision on lockdown. We had strict restrictions till May 24.
As per the opinion of experts,we are extending the strict restrictions till June 7, 6 am, Yediyurappa said.
Besides this,the Karnataka government has decided to give free treatment for Mucormycosis (black fungus) patients in the government district hospitals, the chief minister added.
A negative COVID test report is a must for inter-State travellers coming into Karnataka,said State Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday.We have barricaded not only major roads but also the minor ones as was done last time,” he told reporters here.
“We have imposed restrictions, especially in the border districts such as Belagavi, Bidar, Bidar, Kalaburagi, Anekal in Bengaluru (bordering Tamil Nadu) and near Mangaluru (bordering Kerala),” he said.
The Minister said he has directed the district authorities, including the police, to strictly impose the lockdown in the districts to contain the spread of the infection. He appealed to the people to abide by the lockdown.
“Please cooperate with @BlrCityPolice in implementing the lockdown guidelines. Let us beat #COVID19 together. Stay Home. Stay Safe!” Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday announced the extension of lockdown till June 7,which was slated to end on May 24.
The State has imposed restrictions since April 27 but the stringent restrictions were imposed on May 10 for a period of two weeks.However, the government extended it for another two weeks as the COVID cases grew unabated and caused intense stress on the hospitals, doctors and paramedical staff.
On Sunday,the State reported 25979 fresh COVID cases and 626 related fatalities while there were 4,72,986 active cases.
