Temple compound wall to be strengthened
The Hindu
Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment P.K. Sekar Babu has ordered the officials to strengthen the compound wall around Sri Mahadevar Temple at Thikkurichi in Kanniyakumari district. He
Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment P.K. Sekar Babu has ordered the officials to strengthen the compound wall around Sri Mahadevar Temple at Thikkurichi in Kanniyakumari district. He also instructed the officials to renovate buildings of the schools under the administration of HR and CE Department. While continuing the inspection of the HR and CE temples on the second day on Tuesday, he visited Sri Mahadevar Temple, the second shrine to be visited by the devotees during the ‘Sivaalaya Ottam’ on maha sivarathri every year.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.