Collector inspects SL Tamils’ camp ahead of CM’s visit
The Hindu
Stalin to visit the rehabilitation camp on November 3, launch housing scheme
Ahead of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s visit on November 3, District Collector P. Kumaravel Pandian and a team of oficials inspected the rehabilitation camp for the Sri Lankan Tamils in Abdullapuram in Vellore on Thursday.
The Chief Minister will launch the scheme for the construction of 3,510 houses at a cost of ₹108 crore for the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in the State. The programme will be launched at the Government Industrial Training Institute campus. The camp has 3,500 persons, who are mainly Sri Lankan Tamils from Mannar of the Northern Province and Trincomalee in the Eastern Province "We have inspected the camp and its surrounding areas as part of preparatory work for the Chief Minister's visit to the district next week. We will work out the security aspects for the visit," Mr. Pandian said.
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.