Most of the engineering colleges in Bengaluru have been allowed to function, exempting them from the recent Karnataka Government guidelines shutting down physical classes of all schools and colleges, except for medical and paramedical courses in Bengaluru Urban district. The colleges and schools have become hubs of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka.
Chief Secretary P. Ravi Kumar issued an order on January 6 stating all colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technical University (VTU), essentially most of the engineering colleges, in Bengaluru Urban district, can function normally following strict COVID-19 Appropriate Behaviour.
The order also allowed law firms to function at 50% capacity during the weekend curfew.