Summary:
Before the session began, PM aware the hall of only interacting with a couple of them due to lack of time.
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PM Narendra Modi amid the pandemic holded a meeting with the DC along with field officials from 10 States via Video Conferencing. The districts included in the PM’s interaction faced a surge in COVID-19 cases and widespread infection.
Though the video conference with the PM was arranged at KSWAN (Karnataka State Wide Area Network) Video-Conference Hall on the first floor of the DC’s Office and preparations began yesterday, due to technical snags in the electronic equipment, the live event was shifted to the ZP Hall.
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Yediyurappa was also part of the conference and Deputy Commissioners of 17 districts — Mysuru, Kodagu, Uttara Kannada, Hassan, Ballari, Tumakuru, Kolar, Udupi, Bengaluru Urban and Rural, Shivamogga, Dharwad, Dakshina Kannada, Raichur, Mandya, Kalaburagi, and Chikkaballapur participated and some of them gave a ground report to the Prime Minister on COVID containment measures and challenges.
The video-conferencing was scheduled at 11 am but began at 11.15 am and ended at 12.50 pm.
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