Karnataka govt to before long settle on 100% inhabitance in theaters

September 22, 2021

Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Tuesday showed that the public authority should think about permitting 100% inhabitance in film theaters and lift other COVID-19 related checks in the state.
“The public authority needs to help the theaters. We know that the whole film business, including film theaters, film staff have experienced tremendous monetary misfortunes. The public authority is thinking emphatically,” Sudhakar said.
Addressing journalists in the wake of meeting an appointment of film makers and exhibitors, he said alongside offering collaboration to them to restore, there is additionally a need to take every one of the careful steps.
“We don’t want one activity to lead to a spurt in cases, in that direction we will take a decision. In two-three days we will discuss with the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC-consisting of experts), following which the Chief Minister along with senior Ministers will take a final decision,” he added.
The film industry, including producers and exhibitors have been asking for 100 per cent occupancy in theatres, up from the current 50 per cent.

Responding to a question as to whether the atmosphere is now conducive to allow 100 per cent seating in theatres, the Minister said, “Positivity is less than 1 per cent and we are reporting 600-800 cases daily. There aren’t too many deaths. We will have to consider all this.”
“We had earlier planned to allow all activities in all the districts on reporting less than 2 per cent (positivity), so as cinema theatres are already in loss, and the entire film industry has suffered financial losses, the government will have to stand by them,” he said.
Sudhakar further said that the government will also discuss lifting curbs on pubs and swimming pools, during the meeting with TAC