Call to reopen railway ticket counters
The Hindu
The Malabar Chamber of Commerce has appealed to the Railways to reopen ticket counters at all railway stations considering the declining COVID-19 scare and fresh cases. They also sent an email request to Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday with a call to consider the demand with utmost priority. The chamber functionaries pointed out that the closure of ticket counters following the pandemic outbreak had been troubling many ordinary passengers in the State.
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.