5 districts, including Chennai, account for 42% cases
The Hindu
1,432 people test positive in State, even as it logs 25 deaths; 16,637 people currently under treatment
Chennai, along with four other districts, accounted for 42% of the 1,432 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
As many as 176 people tested positive in Chennai, taking its tally to 5,50,936. While Coimbatore accounted for 149 cases, there were 110 cases in Chengalpattu. Erode and Thanjavur recorded 90 and 80 cases respectively.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.