Mandya: With the district reporting a sudden spurt in Corona cases which is attributed to devotees returning to the district after visiting Om Shakti temple in Tamil Nadu which has turned out into a COVID hotspot of late, the Mandya District Administration has banned the district devotees from visiting the Tamil Nadu temple.
Speaking to presspersons after holding a meeting with officials at her office here on Thursday, Mandya Deputy Commissioner S. Aswathi said that in the wake of exponentially rising COVID cases in the district, the KSRTC authorities have been directed to stop plying buses to tourist spots and pilgrimage centres in other States and other districts in Karnataka as a precautionary measure.
