Bhandari Swagat Ranveer Chand is new Kasaragod Collector
The Hindu
Bhandari Swagat Ranveer Chand assumed charge as Kasaragod District Collector at the Collectorate on Tuesday.The incumbent District Collector D. Sajith Babu, who has been appointed as Director of Civil
Bhandari Swagat Ranveer Chand assumed charge as Kasaragod District Collector at the Collectorate on Tuesday. The incumbent District Collector D. Sajith Babu, who has been appointed as Director of Civil Supplies Department, received Ms. Chand in the Collector’s chamber. Official documents were handed over. Additional District Magistrate A.K. Ramendran, Sub Collector D.R. Meghashree, and Kasaragod Revenue Divisional Officer Atul Swaminath, were present.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.