Summer festival inaugurated in Kodaikanal
The Hindu
DINDIGUL
R Jayashree
The 10-day annual summer festival began at the Bryant Park at Kodaikanal on Tuesday.
Minister for Co-operation I. Periyasamy inaugurated the festival amidst eager visitors and public.
Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare M.R.K. Panneerselvam and Minister for Food and Civil Supplies R. Sakkarapani inaugurated the 59th Flower Show. Minister for Tourism M. Mathiventhan inaugurated the cultural programmes. Dindigul MP P Velusamy and Palani MLA I.P. Senthil Kumar were present.
Later, they went around the park viewing the elaborate arrangements made. They also visited the stalls put up by government departments including Horticulture, Tourism and Animal Husbandry, among others.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Periyasamy said that the elegance and climate of Kodaikanal is a striking feature which is still intact even after all these years, he said.
“Many schemes to enhance the infrastructure of the Kodaikanal Lake including fixing street lights, platforms, boathouse have been implemented,” he added.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.