Bengaluru will get 8 zonal officers to fight COVID-19 appointed by the Karnataka federal government

A watch of Vidhana Soudha just after the entry gates had been closed subsequent political growth in Karnataka on July 10, 2019.IANS

Bengaluru has been reporting a history-higher amount of conditions in excess of the previous couple of times, which has sent the authorities into a mode of speedy action. As the best tiers of the condition federal government go over the way forward, in a new growth on Thursday in an get issued by Main Secretary Vijay Bhaskar, 8 zonal officers have been appointed to aid regulate the pandemic in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru gets 8 zonal officers

An order instating the 8 IAS officers to diverse zones in Bengaluru arrived on Thursday in the light of a increase in scenarios. The move comes as force builds on the CM to impose a lockdown or not.

The get signed by Vijay Bhaskar, Chief Secretary of Karnataka states, “Working out powers less than the Catastrophe Management Act 2005, the State Executive Committee is appointing these officers to properly command the unfold of COVID-19 in Bengaluru Metropolis.”

As the state’s infrastructure is below duress owing to the sudden spike in cases, the governing administration has assigned distinct zones to just about every IAS officer, each of them will oversee capabilities of zonal coordinators. They will make sure get hold of-tracing is finished correctly as perfectly request to make sure professional medical is meted out in an orderly vogue and hospital beds are assigned on time.

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The Zonal commissioners are as follows for Bengaluru— Tushar Girinath (East Zone), Rajendra Kumar Kataria (West Zone), KP Manivannan (Bommanahalli Zone), Naveen Raj Singh (Yelahanka Zone), Munish Moudgil (South Zone), N Manjula (Mahadevapura Zone), Pc Jaffer (Dasarahalli Zone) and R Vishal (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)

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This move arrives even as there is no automatic system to allocate beds in the city. These commissioners will oversee the call centres as very well which will resolve troubles for citizens. Even as the cabinet conference took location right now, the state will not be heading into lockdown as of now even with Bengaluru reporting in excess of 12,000 conditions of Coronavirus.