50 vaccination centres to function till 9 p.m.

BBMP plans to open three mega vaccination centres and hold weekly melas

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which has increased its vaccination target to 1 lakh a day has come up with a three-pronged approach to achieve this. It has decided to extend the working hours of select 50 urban primary health centres (UPHCs) till 9 p.m., conduct mega vaccination melas every Wednesday, and hold mega vaccination camps, where around 2,000 people can get vaccinated in a day. Sources told The Hindu that if the response is good, the UPHCs — two in each Assembly Constituency — will operate round-the-clock depending on demand, but will otherwise remain open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. BBMP chief commissioner Gaurav Gupta told The Hindu that the weekly mega vaccination mela will be held along the lines of a similar drive conducted last week, where 1.25 lakh people got their shots.