COVID-19 Updates: Kurnool Municipal Commissioner Removed

Update: 2020-04-30 12:54 GMT
The Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh is one of the 15 districts declared by the Centre that were the worst hit districts in the country with the novel coronavirus. The count of positive cases of COVID 19 as well as the fatality rate is also high in the district.

Following this, the Andhra Pradesh government headed by CM Jagan Mohan Reddy took this is a serious issue and started to take all the safety measures that can make the situations normal in the region.

Ever since the outbreak of the COVID 19, there is a talk that the top rank officials sheer negligence has resulted in the disastrous situation in the district. As a result, Kurnool Municipal Commissioner Ravindra Babu was sacked and IAS Officer Dr. Balaji was appointed in his post.

This latest development has created a panic in the fellow officers in the region that if they also failed to wor properly, the same will happen for them too. Looks like this is an indirect warning for the authorities.

Here we have to praise the bold decision taken by CM Jagan by sacking the Municipal commissioner. This will inculcate fear in other officers also and they will work with utmost proficiency which is the need of the hour.

Kurnool turned out as the worst hit district in the state with reporting more than 350 cases followed by Guntur, Krishna and Nellore districts. On the other hand, the positive cases in the state surpassed 1400 mark.
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