Despite COVID-19 restrictions, fishing festival held in Madurai, Sivaganga
The Hindu
Local residents turned up in huge numbers to catch fish at village tanks
Flouting COVID-19 norms, a large number of village residents from in and around Thiruvathavur near Madurai participated in the traditional fishing festival held late on Friday night. According to the residents, the recent rains had enabled them in filling up water in the tanks and fishlings were let in a few months ago. Men, women and children, had fishing nets and some even used their sarees and dhotis for the catch, which included catla, carp and kendai fish varieties among others, they said.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.