Bengaluru Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa announced a ‘Lockdown’ in the state for 14 days from last night i.e. Tuesday night. The lockdown will begin at 9 pm tomorrow. During a lockdown, necessary activities will be allowed only from 6 AM to 10 PM. CM told that shops will have to be closed at 10 am. Only people from the construction, manufacturing and agriculture sectors will be allowed to work during the lockdown. Public transport will also be closed during this period. During this time he also announced that people in the age group of 18 to 45 years will get Covid-19 vaccine in government hospitals for free, the Health Department will make guidelines regarding this.
In Karnataka, people stayed largely in the home on the second-weekend curfew.
In Karnataka, the second-weekend curfew was imposed on Saturday and Sunday to curb Kovid-19, resulting in the silence in Bengaluru and most other parts of the state on Sunday. Business establishments and restaurants remained closed. Vehicles also remained off the roads. The administration had allowed people to buy essential items like milk, groceries, vegetables between 6 am and 10 am. Except for this, most of the time people stayed in homes.
To prevent unnecessary movement of people, various flyovers and roads were erected. Police started imposing restrictions after 10 am and people still roaming the streets were questioned. The people who gave reasonable reasons were let go and people wandering around for no reason were punished and their vehicles confiscated. Similar views were seen in other parts of the state.