
810 test positive in capital
The Hindu
Test positivity rate touches 11.8%
Sparking concerns of a possible third COVID-19 wave, the district’s test positivity rate continued its upward trend to touch 11.8% on Monday. The active caseload also grew to 9,332 when 810 people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. A total of 601 people recovered from the illness during the last 24 hours. Among the fresh cases, 740 cases have been attributed to local transmission of the infection. Five health workers have also been diagnosed with the infection.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












