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No water in Delhi’s community toilets, Kejriwal asks official to pay visits (Lead)

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New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday directed a senior official to visit five community toilets every day at 6 a.m. from February 11-17, following complaints of shortage of water and electricity in city’s community toilets.

The Chief Minister also asked IAS officer Shurbir Singh, CEO of Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), to submit a report within a week, after complaints from MLAs and others.

Kejriwal directed Singh to take immediate remedial steps to redress the situation.

The decisions were taken in an emergency meeting chaired by the Chief Minister here on Saturday.

Locations of toilets for the surprise visits will be decided by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), whose representatives will accompany the CEO.

The report will include video recordings of the visited community toilets with details of cleanliness, availability of water and electricity among others, according to an official statement.

During the meeting, DUSIB members and MLAs Akhilesh Pati Tripathi, Sahi Ram, and Hazari Lal expressed displeasure over the alleged inaction of DUSIB officials.

“Members expressed dissatisfaction over the CEO’s performance in the last few months. The board was of the view that whereas it got huge appreciation earlier, there has been constant negative publicity in the media in the last few months,” the statement said.

The members also said that the issues cropped up after the government decided to make the use of toilets free of charge and open for 24 hours.

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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