Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (MS)
Udupi, Jun 20: Udupi MLA Raghupati Bhat has made a public appeal to chief minister Yediyurappa not to continue lockdown in the district.
He has requested the chief minister to include Udupi in the list of districts which will be unlocked from June 21.
In his appeal, Bhat said, "The positivity rate in the district is just 5.05%. Every day on an average 3,000 swab tests are done.
"As the rate of positivity is less, I urge the CM to lift lockdown restrictions in the district. Small time traders are facing extreme hardship due to lockdown. It is suitable to unlock the district with certain precautions," he said.
The state government on Saturday June 19 announced partial relaxation of the lockdown in 16 districts including Bengaluru Urban which are recording less than 5 percent positivity rate. Districts with more than 5 percent positivity rate, such as Udupi and Dakshina Kannada, will continue with restrictions as announced in the previous order. Mysuru, where the rate of infection is above 10 percent, has been completely shut down.
The 16 districts with positivity rate below 5% which are in for partial unlock during daytime are Uttara Kannada, Bengaluru City, including BBMP, Belagavi, Mandya, Koppal, Chikkaballapur, Tumakuru, Kolar, Gadag, Raichuru, Bagalkote, Kalaburgi, Haveri, Ramanagara, Yadgir and Bidar.
The 13 districts, which have positivity rate above 5% but below 10%, which are in for the previous lockdown conditions are Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, Shivamogga, Chamarajanagar, Bengaluru Rural, Davangere, Dharwad, Ballari, Chitradurga and Vijapaura.