BBMP wants to roll out 20 oxy-buses for patients waiting outside hospitals for a bed
The Hindu
However, plan hits roadblock on account of shortage of oxygen cylinders
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) proposes to have at least 20 oxy-buses to help COVID-19 patients in critical need of oxygen. A demo bus with eight oxygen cylinders has been fabricated. BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta on Thursday tweeted that oxy-buses with the capacity to treat eight patients at a time will be stationed near government hospitals and triage centres. However, the shortage of oxygen cylinders is proving to be a major roadblock to the civic body’s plan. Indi Village Foundation, the organisation that is assisting the civic body with these buses, is not sure when they will be launched.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.