Centenary fete of Thrissur Corpn. begins
The Hindu
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The Thrissur city has been fast developing as an important place in the global map, Minister for Local Self-Governments M.V. Govindan has said.
He was addressing a function here on Thursday to open the year-long Shatabdi (centenary) celebrations of the Thrissur Corporation.
“The entire world watched with surprise the way the local self government institutions faced the challenges posed by the calamities from Ockhi to COVID-19. Efforts are being taken by the Chief Minister to solve the doubts related to the K-Rail project,” he said. The government was committed to improving the living conditions of the common man, he said.

The municipal bus stand auditorium in Malappuram was packed. But nobody quite knew what to expect. After all, a new event was making its debut at the State School Arts Festival. The moment V.G. Harikrishnan started his rendition of Pyar bhare do sharmile nain..., everyone was convinced that Ghazal was here to stay. The student from GVHSS, Atholi (Kozhikode), was applauded loudly for his rendering of the timeless ghazal sung originally by Mehdi Hassan.

For the last few weeks, several wards in Madurai city have been getting piped drinking water through a new drinking water scheme. The sweetness of the generously supplied water has led to loss of business to several suppliers of canned drinking water in the city. But, not many know that the water supplied to the houses in Madurai is directly drawn from Lower Dam of Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district of Kerala.











