Petition by students prompts instant school inspection by Collector
The Hindu
TIRUCHI
Hours after a protest staged by students of Adi Dravida Boys' Welfare Higher Secondary School at Keezha Anbil in Lalgudi Block, to highlight paucity of teachers, Collector M. Pradeep Kumar carried out an inspection to determine the requirements, on Sunday.
The Collector instructed officials to act on the grievances of the students, who complained that they were suffering without teachers for three years. The school was also shorn of basic amenities, including drinking water and proper toilet facility, the students said in a petition submitted to the Collector.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.