Mysore/Mysuru: Farmer leader and Karnataka State Federation of Farmer Associations President Kurubur Shantakumar has urged the State Government to order a blanket ban on marriage and such other functions in order to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
In a letter addressed to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, Shantakumar said that Positive COVID-19 cases are rising alarmingly by the day in the State and the Government has been struggling to stop the spread of the deadly virus. In such a situation it is advisable to order a blanket ban on marriages and such other functions, where people gather in high numbers, as a measure to check the spread, he said.
Urging the Government for announcing far more stricter measures, he said that all those found violating lockdown norms should be penalised.
This post was published on July 9, 2020 6:34 pm