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Bangalore: Karnataka engraving 36 cool
coronavirus Saturday cases, of which 12 are from Bengaluru.
With this, the state count rose to 789, including 30 victims. 379 people have been cured and discharged so far, according to the state health department.
Of the 12 Bengaluru victims, 11 are contacts of previously infected state patients. The remainder can be traced back as a contact from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) containment area in room number 135.
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Last rites of passage
Earlier this week, on Tuesday, when the two brothers, along with others like them, were negotiating the supply of water, electricity and food for their restoration at their camp in Sampigehalli, the shocking news came.
Additionally, Devanagere, which emerged as a new group in the state, reported six new cases on Saturday. Dr. K Sudhakar COVID-19 The Karnataka minister in charge along with his team arrived in the Davanagere district in the morning to take stock of the situation there.
There were more than 40 cases in a single group in the Davanagere district after a man traveled from Kalaburagi to Davanagere in April.
In addition to this, seven people have been infected with the contagious virus in the Bhatkal region of Uttara Kannada, three in Bidar, three in the city of Dantahina Kannada in Bantawal, three in Chitradurga, one in Vijayapura and one in Tumkuru.
Meanwhile, Karnataka has conducted more than one lakh of tests in the state as of Saturday. Dr. K Sudhakar said: “Our fight against Corona will continue with more zeal. We are increasing our testing capacity to have 60 laboratories by the end of this month and we will be able to perform 10,000 tests per day.”
Migrant workers gather on the Bengaluru Nelamangala highway in protest amid the closure
Guest workers stranded in Karnataka
Migrant workers or guest workers call them by any name, but the photos of them struggling to get home have been heartbreaking. In Bangalore, migrant workers gathered on the Bengaluru Nelamangala highway to protest. They said they would not disperse until they had some clarity on when and how they could board the trains and buses to return home. The blockade had already taken away their jobs, they did not want to wait incessantly to suffer the added burden of hunger and uncertainty. Photo by Anantha Subramanyam K / MMCL
Protesters defy norms of social distancing
On Monday, about 5,000 guest workers came out in protest after being stranded for days. The protesters, who were dispatched to the Bangalore International Exhibition Center, gathered on the Bengaluru Nelamangala highway. The guest workers began protesting after authorities were unable to update them on their trip home. Photo by Anantha Subramanyam K / MMCL
A long walk to reach Bangalore station
Bihar guest workers walked about 40 km to reach the Bengaluru railway station. Bablu Kumar, a guest worker, told Mirror: “We stayed in Jigani. On Sunday morning, we were asked to go immediately to the railway station, as the government was arranging trains for us to return home. Many of us men, women and children walked to the city train station Sunday night some volunteers gave us food and we spent the night at the Majestic bus stop waiting for a train for us on Monday. But on Monday morning, everyone asked us to walk to Freedom Park with no information on why they took us there. ” Photo by Anantha Subramanyam K / MMCL
Endless wait to get home
Another Bihar guest worker reported that they were given food at Freedom Park and the authority told them it would take time to make arrangements for the trains. Guest workers were brought to BIEC by bus and asked to wait longer. Photo by Anantha Subramanyam K / MMCL
Lack of clarity sparks protests
4) Due to lack of clarity, the workers decided to protest and hit the road. The crowd of people also challenged the norms of social distancing advised by experts. The guest workers also said they will not move off the road unless and until the government arranges for them to return home. Photo by Anantha Subramanyam K / MMCL
Walking for help
Another guest worker from Jaipur told the Mirror that he received a message at 10:30 p.m. Sunday that people intending to leave for Jaipur should arrive at Gate 2 at Palace Grounds on Monday morning. While the Rs 1000 ticket fee mentioned in the message, there were no instructions on how workers would get to the palace grounds. The guest worker named Nirmad and his friends started walking from their homes at 2 am Monday. After changing two buses, they arrived at Palace Grounds at 6.30am, where they found that more than 2,000 people had already gathered. Nirmad reported that they had filled in details about his whereabouts and health, and after that they were issued fines. Photo by Anantha Subramanyam K / MMCL
Unemployed, but paying a high price to get home
Many guest workers also stated that they found it difficult to organize the money, as they had been out of work for the past few weeks. Guest worker Tilak said, “We borrowed from whom we could. I saw some people pleading with others to give them money at Palace Grounds.” Photo by Anantha Subramanyam K / MMCL
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