BENGALURU: Eighty workers engaged on
Namma Metro’s Shivajinagar-Pottery Town section tested positive for
coronavirus last week.
"It (the infections) happened in one
labour camp
near
Yelahanka
. The workers are asymptomatic and fine. The work on that underground package is yet to start in a significant manner,” said Ajay Seth, managing director,
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
BMRCL’s chief public relations officer,
BL Yashvanth Chavan
, said tests were ordered as a precaution after some new workers arrived at the camp. “Those who tested positive were sent to Covid Care Centres, and the rest were isolated at different locations as per protocol,” Chavan said.
Christin Mathew Philip is a Principal Correspondent with The Time...
Read MoreChristin Mathew Philip is a Principal Correspondent with The Times of India, Bengaluru. He writes on urban mobility and traffic issues. He is the winner of Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism award (2015) for his reporting on civic issues in Chennai. He worked in TOI Chennai (2011-2016) before moving to The New Indian Express, Bengaluru in 2016.
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