Bengaluru: In the light of the upsetting situation in the state in the backdrop of a spurt in the number of Covid cases in the neighbouring districts of Kerala, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has called a high-level meeting today  July 31.

The meeting is scheduled in the evening at Chief Minister's official residence, Krishna, after Bommai returns from New Delhi. The Chief Minister will also hold a video conference with the deputy commissioners, superintendents of police, Distract panchayat CEOs, health and family welfare department officers of Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Udupi, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts which share borders with Kerala. Chikkamagalur district officers will also be addressed in a video conference. 

The CM will also hold meetings with the authorities of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to monitor the situation in Bengaluru. He will further take stock of the situation in Shivamogga, the home district of former chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa.  Meanwhile, the authorities carried a door-to-door campaign after 20 Covid cases were reported from the Kaveripura ward in the Yelahanka zone. Health department officials have also gone with Asha workers to check on first and secondary contacts in these areas.

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