BBMP says it has doubled its testing team and cases remain stable. Despite a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the state, people choose not to wear masks in indoor and closed spaces like the metro, malls, buses and the airport. The Karnataka Government released guidelines on Dec. 26 mandating wearing of masks in indoor […]
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Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) strictly follows the mandate of wearing masks in public places. BMRCL is the only transport service to follow Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) mandate of wearing masks in public places. BBMP, since June, has made masks mandatory in places like railway stations, bus stands, hospitals, schools, colleges and other […]
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With new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 being detected in India, stocks of surgical masks, pollution masks and the basic N-95 masks are selling like hot cakes. By Savyata Mishra City chemists and druggists opened their shops today to a new surge in demand for masks, as Bengalureans brace themselves to the coronavirus epidemic, after a […]
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Situation dire for traffic cops as nine out of sixteen air quality monitoring stations across the city have unsafe recorded PM 2.5 particulate matter. By Arghyadeep Dutta The on-duty traffic police personnel are refusing to use anti-pollution masks provided by the Bengaluru Traffic Police Department because of the allegedly inferior quality of the mask. These […]
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