<p class="title">Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said the government is mulling over not to give permission for opening of private medical shops within a 100-metre radius of government hospitals in urban areas and 200-metre radius in rural areas. </p>.<p class="title">"The issue has already been discussed. An order in this regard will be issued shortly," the minister said. The decision does not apply to already existing medical shops. </p>.<p class="title">He said, "Economic activities have been affected due to covid-19 pandemic. The mobilisation of income is a challenging task. In such a scenario, hike in power tariff was unavoidable," he reacted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ban on firecrackers was not taken in the last minute. Whether the manufacturers and traders were not aware that crackers are harmful? he asked.</p>
<p class="title">Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said the government is mulling over not to give permission for opening of private medical shops within a 100-metre radius of government hospitals in urban areas and 200-metre radius in rural areas. </p>.<p class="title">"The issue has already been discussed. An order in this regard will be issued shortly," the minister said. The decision does not apply to already existing medical shops. </p>.<p class="title">He said, "Economic activities have been affected due to covid-19 pandemic. The mobilisation of income is a challenging task. In such a scenario, hike in power tariff was unavoidable," he reacted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ban on firecrackers was not taken in the last minute. Whether the manufacturers and traders were not aware that crackers are harmful? he asked.</p>