
Heavy rain causes widespread damage in capital
The Hindu
11 houses destroyed, 1,128 people shifted to relief camps
Heavy rain and gusty winds lashed the district on Saturday also under the influence of Cyclone Tauktae, forcing more families to evacuate to relief camps opened by the district administration. By 4 p.m. Saturday, 1,128 people from 293 families were shifted to temporary camps, District Collector Navjot Khosa said. Eleven houses were destroyed and 228 houses damaged in the rain havoc across Thiruvananthapuram, according to data released by the administration.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












