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Getting the jab? Then gear up for some tough advice. Experts suggest those who are getting vaccinated must keep away from alcohol for at least 45 days after getting the shot.

Gearing up for bias-free vaccine process Gearing up for bias-free vaccine process Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Jan 16, 2021, 06:00 IST Medical staff at Victoria Hospital Instead of hand-picking them, a system-fed software will be selecting beneficiaries and messages will be sent to them accordingly for vaccination Pourakarmikas and Group D workers will be the first ones to take the vaccines on Saturday. However, health officials said beneficiaries won’t be hand-picked for vaccination ...

Happy Halli Days Palike chief has sought Rs 300 crore to asphalt roads in 110 villages that were added to BBMP limits 13 years ago T he roads in the 110 villages that were brought under the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) along with seven municipal councils and one town in 2007 are in a bad shape; having been dug up for laying Cauvery water pipes or underground drainage pipes. However, if all goes well, the BBMP will asphalt these roads, making commuting easy for motorists. Resident...

As Bengaluru gears up for the ‘V’ day, January 16, when close to one lakh frontline workers will begin to receive the covid vaccine shot, the health department is keeping an eye on emergency care, should any of the vaccine receivers develop adverse effects. BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad said that they have already identified hospitals which will be kept on “stand by” mode to shift patients if they show any side effects. Prasad said, “The mapping of hospitals and primary he...

Keep your eyes on the road, your hand upon the wheel Keep your eyes on the road, your hand upon the wheel ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Jan 15, 2021, 06:00 IST . High Court has asked a road monitoring committee to check Palike’s claims about roads anad pothole repair. You too can now complain about a poor stretch whenever you spot it. So... If you’ve been complaining about bad roads and no one has been listening, here’s your chance to bring it to the attention of a panel of ad...

BBMP seeks ‘donations’ from visitors ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Jan 15, 2021, 06:00 IST The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike ( BBMP) head office premises has been a site of protest by various organisations and for various causes. However, a unique and peculiar procession was taken out here on Wednesday. Some members of BBMP Employees’ Association took out a procession seeking donations from visitors. Dr Suresh Rudrappa, the BBMP health officer for Malleswaram and ...

In just six more days, all beneficiaries registered under the first phase will have been vaccinated in Bengaluru. BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad said on Wednesday that the vaccination process will begin at six centres in the city on January 16 and will be wrapped up in just three days.

Shoppers’ paradise: Gandhi Bazaar to get 3-floor car park ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Jan 14, 2021, 06:00 IST Palike floats tender for the construction of a six-floor building estimated to cost Rs 20 cr P eople heading to the chaotic Gandhi Bazaar -- known for its old Bengaluru charm – might finally get some space for parking their vehicles as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike ( BBMP) has proposed to construct a multi-level car parking facility in about a year’s tim...

The Koremangala complication A plan to recreate Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon waterway in Koramangala Valley has hit a hurdle near KR Market Majestic and KR Market, quietly flows a 1.8-km drain which surfaces from KR Market, raising a stink as it traverses a path till it empties into the Bellandur Lake via Koramangala. This 20-km drain, allowed to fester and become a dumping ground, is posing a challenge to the officials who have taken up the massive exercise to remodel the drain on the lines of ...

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is all set to take Swachh Survekshan, an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation, very seriously this year.