No Extension of Bengaluru lockdown beyond 22 July, Clarifies new BBMP Commissioner

Amid the rising coronavirus cases in the city, Bengaluru's newly appointed civic body commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad said Sunday there was no question of extending the ongoing week-long Bengaluru lockdown, which is imposed till 22 July, in the city.

The clarification came in the backdrop of speculations that the city's lockdown might get extended by another week as a measure to contain the virus spread there.

The Chief Minister has made it clear that the lockdown will not be extended for any reason, after Tuesday there will not be any lockdown. We will follow the government's orders. There is no question of lockdown," Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad told reporters, according to news agency PTI.

The comments came just a day after the Karnataka government ordered the transfer of B.H. Anil Kumar as commissioner of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP, the city civic body) after he made a comment on extending the lockdown