
Chief Secretary holds review meeting on monsoon preparedness
The Hindu
Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Irai Anbu on Saturday held a review meeting on monsoon preparedness in the State. Commissioner of Revenue Administration K. Phanindra Reddy, Kumar Jayant, Secretary, Revenue
Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Irai Anbu on Saturday held a review meeting on monsoon preparedness in the State. Commissioner of Revenue Administration K. Phanindra Reddy, Kumar Jayant, Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management, Sandeep Saxena, Secretary, Public Works Department, Chennai Corporation Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi, officials from police and other higher officials from the government were present at the meeting.
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.











