Pilot project planned to identify high-risk areas
The Hindu
‘Its merits and demerits will be explained to CM’
A pilot project would be conducted in Madurai district to identify high-risk areas where people vulnerable to contract COVID-19 will be higher in the event of a third wave of the pandemic, said Finance Minister P. T. R. P. Thiagarajan here on Tuesday. He was addressing mediapersons, along with Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration P Moorthy, after attending a review meeting with Collector S. Aneesh Sekar and Corporation Commissioner K. P. Karthikeyan. Mr. Thiagarajan said that once it was completed, merits and demerits of the pilot project would be explained to the Chief Minister who will decide whether it could be implemented across the State.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.