Kadiri sees 21 cm rainfall in 12 hours; mother, child rescued from inundated colony
The Hindu
National Highway No. 44 was inundated and a temporary bridge washed away.
The southern parts of Anantapur district received heavy rain on July 17 and in the early hours of July 18, disrupting road transport between Kadiri and Bengaluru. The highway connecting Kadiri, via Gorantla, with National Highway No.44 was inundated and a temporary bridge on the road was washed away in the night. The temporary bridge on Bengaluru-Kadiri highway was washed away at Mittapalli, between Gorantla and Kadiri. Officials have asked people not to venture on this road and to take the longer, alternative route via Nallamada and Kondakamarla cross.
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.












