Firefighters rescue trapped cows in the Coleroon river
The Hindu
Fire and Rescue Services personnel, with help of villagers, rescued 75 cows and calves which had got trapped on a manal thittu (sand shoal) surrounded by Coleroon river near Kodalikaruppur village in
Fire and Rescue Services personnel, with help of villagers, rescued 75 cows and calves which had got trapped on a manal thittu (sand shoal) surrounded by Coleroon river near Kodalikaruppur village in Ariyalur district on Tuesday.
The rescue operation carried out meticulously went on for nearly five hours. A section of villagers had complained that a herd of cows which went to the manal thittu for grazing a few days ago had got trapped due to heavy flow of Coleroon water in the wake of the recent rains.

The Centre has rejected reports that the definition of the Aravalli hills was changed to permit large-scale mining, citing a Supreme Court-ordered freeze on new leases. It said a court-approved framework will bring over 90% of the Aravalli region under protected areas and strengthen safeguards against illegal mining. The clarification follows controversy over the “100-metre” criterion used to define hills across states.












