Mass cleaning exercise launched in city
The Hindu
Initiative part of State-wide drive ahead of monsoon
Collector G.S. Sameeran in the presence of Corporation Commissioner Raja Gopal Sunkara launched a mass cleaning exercise in the city on Monday.
The exercise aimed at dredging natural drains and cleaning storm water drains was a part of the State-wide exercise launched by the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department ahead of the North-East Monsoon season, Mr. Sameeran said.

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.












