karnataka revenue minister r ashoka on wednesday indicated that the state may go for unlocking in four to five phases after june 14 as the covid19 induced lockdown comes to an endkeeping the number of deaths and new cases in mind and aimed at bringing down the covid infections further lockdown will not be relaxed at one gohome minister basavaraj bommai health minister k sudhakar and i have held detailed discussions with the chief minister in this regard ashoka saidspeaking to reporters here he said lockdown will be relaxed in phases most probably it may be done in four to five phases advt first will be timings now the relaxation for shopping that is there between 6 to 10 am it may get extended furtheralso those who go for a walk at parks may get some relief all this is subjected to a final decision by the chief minister lockdown will not be relaxed at one go he addedchief minister b s yediyurappa is likely to call a meeting of ministers officials and experts on june 11 or 12 to discuss and take a decision on the unlocking processthe state technical advisory committee tac comprising experts is also said to have recommended a gradual unlocking of activities in the statenoting that the number of daily cases in bengaluru is still hovering in the 2000 range ashoka who is also the vice chairman of karnataka state disaster management authority said it has to come below 500we will also have to keep in mind the rise in positive cases as we unlock he addedthe minister further stated that the workfromhome system that is in place for the itbt and certain sectors among others will continueexports oriented sectors medicine and medical equipment manufacturers have already been given exemptionthe karnataka government had initially announced 14 days closedown from april 27 but subsequently imposed a complete lockdown from may 10 to may 24 as the coronavirus cases continued to spike advt citing lockdown yielding results and experts advice it was further extended till june 7 and then again till june 14karnataka on tuesday reported less than 10000 new cases of coronavirus and 179 fatalities taking the total number of infections to 2717289 and the death toll to 32099 pti published on jun 10 2021 at 1232 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app karnataka unlock update bengaluru covid b s yediyurappa lockdown basavaraj bommai karnataka unlock homenewsindustrykarnataka may go for unlock in 4 to 5 phases