Top news developments in Karnataka on August 7, 2023
The Hindu
Top news developments in Karnataka on August 7, 2023
1. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar to meet Congress legislators from six districts to address their grievances.
2. Sarvatrika Arogya Andolana Karnataka will hold a press conference today to release findings of a rapid survey of various districts in Karnataka on access to free medicines in public health facilities, and make various demands on health.
3. Jana Samskruthi Pratishtana, Bengaluru Art Foundation and Minchulli Sahitya Pratike are jointly organizing a programme titled ‘Kaaduva Ki Ram’ today to mark the 13th death anniversary of Ki Ram Nagaraj. The night-long programme will be inaugurated by Agrahara Krishnamurthi. The event will feature a play titled Chammarana Chaalaki Hendati, directed by Pradeep Tiptur, poets’ meet and folk songs. The venue is Ravindra Kalakshetra on J.C. Road, from 6 p.m. on Monday August 7 to 6 a.m. on Tuesday August 8.
1. PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi to launch work on the Hescom power distribution centre in Belagavi industrial area in Macche at 5 pm.
2. Mission Indra Dhanush 5.0 — vaccination programme — to be launched by Kalaburagi and Ballari district administration.
1. Agriculture Minister N Cheluvarayaswamy to begin his two-day tour of Mandya district by launching the Mission Indra Dhanush vaccination programme at Hosahalli.
2. Press conference by KRRS.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.