No garbage dumped near Anamalai: Kerala
The Hindu
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The government has denied reports that garbage from the State was dumped near Anamalai on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. The submission was made before the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal, which had taken suo motu cognisance of a report in The Hindu titled ‘Dumping of garbage filed near Anamalai, trucks seized’ published on April 9.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.