It is still not the best of times to eat out: BBMP chief amid COVID-19

Team Udayavani, Jul 1, 2021, 10:19 AM IST

Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta has cautioned people against eating street food amid COVID-19.

Gaurav Gupta said, “It is still not the best of times to eat out. The BBMP may give permission to open the malls without the food courts. This was done during last year’s lockdown and subsequent unlocking.”

He further said that if a single household has more than one case of Covid-19, micro-containment zones will be created. It will be closely monitored by BBMP’s team and if required police assistance will also be taken to manage effectively.

Also, Special crowd management and control factors will be applied at places like railway stations and bus terminals. A special micromanagement plan has been mapped out to deal with Delta and Delta plus variant of the Covid-19, he added.