War rooms across the city are posing a gloomy picture for the past two days.
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BENGALURU: War rooms across the city are posing a gloomy picture for the past two days. Repeated persuasion by BBMP staffers, nodal officers and even agencies is having little impact. Many are not keen to return to work citing safety, harassment and even embarrassment. But to ensure that citizens do not suffer, BBMP joint commissioners of each zone have told agencies to make sure there is no staff crunch.
But it had little impact as the rumour got around that the 16 minority community staffers, whose names Bengaluru South Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya had read out at the South Zone war room, were sacked. This left many staffers demotivated and unwilling to work, with others saying there is no professionalism. BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta and South Zone Special Commissioner Thulasi Maddineni clarified that the employees have not be
Civil society condemns communalisation of bed allotment scam
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They want the CM to ‘chastise’ Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya and three MLAs
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MP Tejasvi Surya with MLAs Satish Reddy, Uday Garudachar and Ravi Subramanya at the South zone war room. | Photo Credit:
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They want the CM to ‘chastise’ Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya and three MLAs
Activists, prominent citizens, and political leaders condemned Bengaluru South Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya for communalising the alleged bed allotment scandal that he exposed when the city’s resources are strained to the limits fighting the second wave of COVID-19.
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Relatives and friends wait outside the Sumanahalli crematorium with the bodies of their loved ones in ambulances, during the weekend lockdown, in Bengaluru on April 25, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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In Bengaluru, poor preparation for the second wave has resulted in mismanagement in the allocation of beds, delays in testing, and oxygen shortage. Afshan Yasmeen, K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj and Chitra V. Ramani report on the crisis engulfing a city once touted to be a popular medical tourism hub.