
Storm over IAS officers’ spat yet to subside
The Hindu
Chief Secretary Ravi Kumar holds talks; Minister Somashekar says tussle will be resolved
The storm raised by the public spat between two senior IAS officers in Mysuru amidst the fight against the pandemic is yet to subside even as the Mysuru City Corporation councillors took to the streets over the issue, on Friday. Though Chief Secretary Ravi Kumar paid a visit to the city and held prolonged discussion with the officials, the focus was on tackling COVID-19. Shilpa Nag, Commissioner, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), who created a flutter by announcing her ‘resignation’ from the civil services citing harassment and humiliation by Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, was late by over 45 minutes to the meeting.
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.












