1.25 lakh doses ready for today’s drive
The Hindu
All eligible adults can get vaccinated at any of the 400 centres between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
The Greater Chennai Corporation has kept 1.25 lakh doses ready for its mega vaccination drive on Thursday at 400 places across the city. The number of doses included one lakh doses of Covishield vaccine and another 25,000 doses of Covaxin. The civic body has made elaborate arrangements to reach as many people as possible on the day, officials said.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.