Corporation launches mass cleaning drive
The Hindu
The five-day drive to focus on clearing garbage, construction debris
The Greater Chennai Corporation on Monday launched a five-day mass cleaning drive.
Although the Corporation had taken similar initiatives in recent months, this time the focus would be on clearing the garbage that had accumulated during last month’s heavy rain last month and to remove building debris.
The civic body has identified 358 places and plans to lift 831 tonnes of garbage and 1,512 tonnes of construction debris, the officials said. Priority would be to lift garbage near waterbodies and low-income neighbourhoods.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.
The 16th edition of Bhoomi Habba was held on June 8, at the Visthar campus. The festival drew a vibrant crowd who came together to celebrate eco-consciousness through a variety of engaging activities, creative workshops, panel discussions, interactive exhibits and performances, all centered around this year’s theme: “Save Water, Save Lives.”