BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Wednesday decided to lift some restrictions on construction of public infrastructure such as roads, irrigation and metro rail, and allowed information technology companies and few other sectors to work with skeletal staff.
The order comes into effect from midnight of 23 April. The B.S. Yediyurappa-led state government had earlier decided against partial lifting of the lockdown and extended it till 3 May after a spike in covid-19 cases in the state.
The decision comes at a time when the cash-starved state looks for sources of revenue. Chief secretary T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, in the order, said these exemptions are "to mitigate hardship to the public, selection additional will activities will be allowed".