Karnataka wants fewer flights from 5 high-risk state

Delhi, which was earlier considered a high-risk state has been removed from that category

The State Government has requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to reduce the number of flights from five high risk States affected by Covid-19. Earlier in the day there was talk that the flights from these states would be banned, but later the Minister clarified that they have only asked for the number of flights to be reduced as asking for a ban would be violation of fundamental rights under freedom to move with reasonable restrictions.

A decision to make this request to the Ministry was taken at a Cabinet decision on Thursday. Briefing about the Cabinet decisions, Law Minister JC Madhuswamy said Karnataka would request the Civil Aviation Ministry to reduce the number of flights from high risk states- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Delhi which was considered a high risk state earlier has been removed from the list by the State Government.

The State fears that after June 1, there will be deluge of people from all over as trains too will resume operations. “It becomes difficult to institutional quarantine everyone of them due to inadequate facilities,’’ he said.

Madhuswamy said restrictions have also been imposed for people coming by road from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat to ensure adequate quarantine facilities.

Other Cabinet decisions

* Empower the CM to nominate five persons to the Legislative Council which are falling vacant in June.
* Set up drug warehouses in five districts at a cost of Rs 18.08 crore.
* Build one lakh multi-storied housing units for the poor in Bengaluru.
* Allot land for an educational institution in the name of poet Nissar Ahamed who died recently.