
Over 10 lakh doses administered on Lasika Utsava day in Karnataka
The Hindu
On the fourth ‘Lasika Utsava’ Wednesday, Karnataka administered 10,06,767 doses till 9 p.m. With this, the State has administered 5,36,80,401 doses so far of which 1,55,24,759 are second doses. The St
On the fourth ‘Lasika Utsava’ Wednesday, Karnataka administered 10,06,767 doses till 9 p.m. With this, the State has administered 5,36,80,401 doses so far of which 1,55,24,759 are second doses. The State had set a target of administering 15,10,000 doses.
On September 17, during the mega vaccination mela, the State was able to administer 31,43,598 doses as against a target of 31,75,000 doses.
According to data from the CoWIN portal, the highest number of doses (1,45,477) were administered in the BBMP limits on Wednesday. Belagavi and Ballari followed with 71,147 and 55,191 doses, respectively.

Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has rolled out digital mode of water bill generation and collection in 23 gram panchayats on a pilot basis for the first time in Karnataka. This is set to be extended to the remaining 200 panchayats shortly, according to the Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Narwade Vinayak Karbhari.

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