COVID-19: Karnataka Government to seek suggestions from experts
The Hindu
Suggestions will be discussed in State Cabinet on January 6
In view of the rise in COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has called a meeting with experts on January 4 to seek suggestions for containing the spread of the infection. The suggestions would be discussed in detail at a cabinet meeting on January 6.
Based on the experience of two COVID-19 waves, the government would take decisions which would not cause much inconvenience to the public in daily activities. On January 3, the government rolled out a vaccination programme for children in the 15-19 age group.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.