Bengaluru (Karnataka):As many as 80 Bengaluru Metro contract labourers working on the Nagawara-Gottigere line tested positive for coronavirus, an official said on Tuesday.
"Eighty Bengaluru Metro contract labourers have contracted coronavirus. They were working on the Nagawara-Gottigere line," a Metro official said.
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Following the infection, all the workers who are migrant labourers from different states, have been sent to a COVID Care Centre (CCC).
The development took place last week, resulting in the halting of the Metro construction work between Shivajinagar and Tannery road.
The Nagawara-Gottigere Metro line falls under Reach 6 of Phase II.