
Religious fervour mark Eid-ul-Fitr in central region
The Hindu
TIRUCHI
Religious fervour marked Eid-ul-Fitr in Tiruchi and other districts in the central region on Tuesday with Muslims offering special prayers and exchanging pleasantries.
Clad in new attire, Muslims offered special prayers at various mosques. A large number of Muslim men and women gathered at the Uzhavar Sandhai grounds in the city and at Idgah Maidan in Cantonment area and offered special prayers. As a mark of sharing their joy, many Muslims distributed sweets to their near ones and distributed alms to the poor.

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.












