Safety measures: Govt to install 5,000 CCTV cameras in Bengaluru

January 5, 2017

Bengaluru, Jan 5: Having drawn flak over women safety issues, the Karnataka government on Thursday announced that 5,000 CCTV cameras will be installed at sensitive places across Bengaluru in the near future. To start with, 550 cameras will be installed at a cost of Rs 39 crore within two months.

cctv Describing the Kammanahalli incident where a girl was grabbed and groped by two scooter-borne new year revelers on December 31st night as 'unfortunate and shameful', home minister G Parameshwara said the police top brass have been directed to increase camera surveillance at vantage points in the city.

"Bengaluru has been a safe city and the government has been giving importance to safety of women and children. But this type of incidents are not good for the city. We will do everything to make Bengaluru safer."

The government has decided to increase the number of telephone lines to Dial-100 (police control room) from 15 to 100 lines in the next two months. The capacity enhancement will happen at a cost of Rs 14 crore. According to police sources, increasing the number of lines will help more people to reach out to the police at the same time.

This apart, the government has also decided to increase the strength of women personnel in the police force from the current five per cent to 20 per cent.

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Good move,
However we need to eliminate the tendency or advancing to commit crime as we say prevention is better than cure.

Bangalore was the most preferred place to live, so many rich from Bombay moved to Bangalore in the past because of every good factors there like peace, environment, whether.

However still we can bring back the past glory with the help of every citizen to government.

May God help.

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Police seize 15.5 kgs of gold from car at Bekal, arrest two smugglers

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February 5,2020

Kasaragod, Feb 5: The customs officials has confiscated 15.5 kilograms gold from a car at Bekal near here on Wednesday.

Sources said, acting on a tip-off, the customs sleuths intercepted a car at Bekal, and seized the yellow metal which is being smuggled by the occupants into Kerala.

The police also managed to arrest the two youth identified as Khetan (29) and Akash (23), both natives of Maharashtra. They had hidden the gold in the cushion.

The accused confessed that the gold was being transported from Thalassery to Maharashtra illegally. The custom officials are investigating to find others involved in the case.

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ASHAs hold protest across Karnataka demanding PPE kits, salary hike

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July 10,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers under the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) on Friday held protests in different parts of Karnataka, demanding personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and a salary of at least Rs 12,000 per month.

According to Madhu Kumari, an ASHA worker from Kalaburgi, ASHA workers currently receive a salary of Rs 3,000 per month.

"Our demand is to increase our wages to at least Rs 12,000 per month. We have been making this demand for the last six months but we have not received any response from the authorities. We will not go back to work until we are given an appropriate response. We did not want to create a difficult situation but the government has given us no choice," Kumari told ANI.

Clad in their signature pink saris, the women were holding posters in their hands and raising slogans to demand appropriate salary for their work and the necessary equipment to protect themselves from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Farhana, an ASHA worker protesting in Shivamogga, said that the women have been making demands for PPE kits since June 30. "We have been taking care of COVID patients for the last few weeks but have not received adequate PPE kits. A few of us received some in the beginning but they were not enough. We are not even given hand sanitiser or masks to protect ourselves," she added.

"We have sent letters to the District Commissioner's Office and to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare but our pleas have gone unheard. We are protesting to get the attention of the concerned authorities," she added.

They also demanded that authorities to conduct their COVID-19 tests as they have to deal with patients infected with the virus.

Sajida, an ASHA worker in Kalaburagi said, "We are very stressed about the COVID situation. We take care of sick people day in and day out, but no one is there to take care of us. We want the government to conduct COVID tests for all ASHA workers in the state."

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ASHA worker its better to sleep in home instead of working and risking your life, 3000 rupes is nothing...who can work home....government of indian is one of the namarad and currupt, you wont get any hike...

poor people will survive this COVID but not the rich currupt politician, let them die like dog

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Karnataka not to allow entry of people from Gujarat, Maha, Kerala, TN till May 31: BSY

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May 18,2020

Bengaluru, May 18: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday said that people from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu will not be allowed in the state till May 31.

"We have decided not to allow entry of people from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu till May 31," Yediyurappa said after a meeting with state ministers and senior government officers to discuss the guidelines issued by the Centre regarding the fourth phase of nationwide lockdown.

"State road transport corporation buses in Karnataka and private buses will run. Strict lockdown measures in containment zones and economic activities will be permitted in other areas. Sundays will be total lockdown across the state. Home quarantine will be strengthened," he added.

The Chief Minister further said that all shops will be allowed to open and all trains running within the state will be permitted.

The central government on Sunday extended the ongoing COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown till May 31, but with a set of new relaxations commencing from Monday. The Union Home Ministry has also given powers to States/UTs demarcate areas in Green, Orange and Red zones, which will allow them to start activities except in containment zones.

According to the guidelines, "all other activities will be permitted except those which are specifically prohibited under these guidelines. However, in containment zones, only essential activities shall be allowed, as mentioned earlier."

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