Include coconut in Pongal gift hamper: BJP
The Hindu
TIRUCHI
Cadre of the Bharatiya Janata Party staged a demonstration here on Thursday urging the State government to include coconut in the Pongal gift hamper. The demonstration was organised by the party’s urban and rural district units near the District Collectorate. It was led by the party’s farmers wing State vice-president Govindarajan. Police sources said a case has been registered by the Sessions Court police against the demonstrators. A similar demonstration was held in Pudukottai Town.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.