Hiking: It is scheduled to conclude on January 19 at Basavanagudi in Bengaluru.
Bangalore:
With the aim of reducing the mobilization of people from different districts for the ongoing campaign of the Congress Hiking:The Karnataka government on Wednesday banned inter-district and intra-district (within Ramanagara) movement of vehicles and persons to participate in it, with immediate effect.
Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar directed the deputy commissioners, superintendents of police, all police commissioners of the state to strictly implement the order and asked the transport commissioner to take adequate measures to implement it and assist the district administration. Has gone.
“… all, inter-district (within Karnataka) and intra-district (within Ramanagara), to participate in ‘movement of vehicles and persons’Nama Neeru Namma Hakku, Hiking: or calling a similar name from Mekedatu to Bengaluru is prohibited with immediate effect and shall remain in force till further orders,” the government order said.
It said, notwithstanding the explicit order imposing restrictions strike And in protest against the orders of 4th and 11th January, which are in force till 31st January, it has been observed that some groups of people organized people from different districts to participate and mobilized people in Ramnagar district. Hiking:disobeying government orders.
The act of disobedience is endangering the lives of a large number of people, it added, that Hiking: The already deteriorating COVID-19 situation in the state is likely to escalate.
Any person violating these measures shall be liable to legal action under sections of the IPC and other applicable legal provisions in addition to the provisions of the Disaster Management Act.
The order came on a day when the Karnataka High Court questioned the state government as to why it gave permission to the Congress. Hiking:, which is being organized in violation of its COVID restrictions, and why no appropriate action was taken by the authorities to stop the march.
It has also asked the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) whether it had taken permission for the same. Hiking: and whether measures have been taken in compliance with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) laid down by the Government to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The court has asked both the state government and the Congress to respond by Friday.
10 days long of Congress Hiking: The demand for implementation of the Mekedatu project, which is opposed by neighboring Tamil Nadu, continued for the fourth day on Wednesday, covering a distance of about 15 km from Chikkenahalli to Ramanagara, with the participation of hundreds of party workers and supporters.
Hiking: What began on January 9, covering a distance of about 139 km, is scheduled to end on January 19 at Basavanagudi in Bengaluru.
Police have already registered three FIRs against Congress leaders, including state Congress president DK Shivakumar and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah, who took out a march defying the COVID-19 restrictions.
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