Mid-day meals programme for students from Class 1 to Class V in Dakshina Kannada will start on November 2, Tuesday, said Minister for Fisheries, Ports and Inland Water Transport S. Angara. The students from Classes VI to X started getting mid-day meals on October 21. Deputy Director of Public Instruction Malleswamy  said that necessary foodgrains have been purchased and other arrangements have been made to provide mid-day meals for all students. Minister Angara informed that to tackle a probable third wave of the pandemic, the district administration has vaccinated 89% of the eligible population with first dose of the vaccine. As much as 53% of people have received both the doses. Oxygen generation units have been set up in 12 government health care facilities and each taluk hospital now has five-bed ICU ventilator facility, he added.