‘Can’t just sit back, impose Covid curbs’: Bommai on tackling Omicron in Karnataka

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KEY STORY

  • Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday told senior officials that the State Government cannot just sit back and impose restrictions due to the pandemic, and expressed that there is a need to face it with various strategies.
  • “We have to work with greater vigour to tackle it,” the CM told officers, asking them to cut down on wasteful expenditure in their respective departments.
  • Addressing senior officials on the first day of this year, Bommai stated that 2022 would be a challenging year from both the economic and administrative perspectives. He said they have to prepare for a probable third Covid wave, while looking at pushing the economy forward as well.
  • “We can’t just sit back imposing restrictions. We need to face it with various strategies and work with greater vigour to tackle it,” he added.
  • Further, the CM urged officials to cut down on wasteful and unnecessary expenditure in their respective departments.

CONCLUSION

  • He said that as for the revenue-generating departments, he wants them to raise efficiencies to improve the state’s finances.
  • “We should face the challenge with a positive attitude. Good thinking leads to good work,” Bommai advised, adding that there was least interference in the administration in the last five months.
  • Chief Secretary P Ravikumar, DG&IGP Praveen Sood and other senior officials were present.

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