Palaniswami urges TN to revive free data card scheme for students
The Hindu
The AIADMK co-coordinator said the scheme was in operation until April, but now students were not in a position to be able to renew their data cards and that the government must do so
Former Chief Minister and AIADMK co-coordinator, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, on Tuesday urged the State government to revive the scheme of providing 2 GB data cards free of cost to students of government colleges and polytechnics, apart from government-aided colleges. Pointing out that the scheme was in operation till April, he said the students, who belonged to the poor and the middle classes, were now not in a position to renew the cards, by spending ₹200 or ₹400 a month.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.