18 houses damaged in rain in capital district since Monday
The Hindu
Eighteen houses across six taluks in Thiruvananthapuram district have been damaged in the rain over the past few days
Eighteen houses across six taluks in Thiruvananthapuram district have been damaged in the rain over the past few days.
Four houses were damaged in the Varkala taluk in the rain that has been lashing the district since Monday, five houses each were damaged in Chirayinkeezhu and Nedumangad taluks and two houses in Neyyattinkara taluk. One house each was damaged in Thiruvananthapuram and Kattakada taluks in the heavy rain.
A fishing boat overturned at Muthalapozhi following rough sea. The fishermen were rescued.
The rain also resulted in crop loss to the tune of ₹2.93 crore in the district as per preliminary estimates. Nearly 882 farmers were affected, and crop on 26.68 hectares of land affected in four days. Crops such as rubber, tapioca, coconut, vegetables, and tubers were severely hit. Plaintain crop on 23.88 ha, tapioca on 1.04 ha, vegetables on 1 ha, coconut crop on 0.44 ha, tubers on 0.2 ha, and rubber on 0.12 ha were damaged.
District Collector Geromic George directed various departments, including Revenue, to take urgent steps to mitigate the rain damage.
The All-India level NEET examination was started a few years ago to counter complaints of corruption during the joint entrance examinations held at the State level. AIDSO had warned the authorities that the solution to the menace of corruption was not changing the examination system, but to investigate the corruption and punish the guilty.