With nearly 30,000 active COVID-19 cases and over 700 deaths, the BBMP’s new commissioner Manjunath Prasad plans to intensify the rapid testing to 20,000 from existing 12,000 per day. And he has set his eyes on about 43,000 people among aged and comorbid group to flatten the curve

Additional chief secretary of Urban Development Department (UDD) BH Anil Kumar was appointed as the new commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Wednesday, replacing N Manjunath Prasad.