Launching a slew of projects in the power and urban sectors in poll-bound Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India is devoting great importance to solar energy to ensure a stronger fight against climate change and also connect the country s farmers with the solar sector. Speaking after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of key projects in the southern state via video conference, Modi said in the last six years, India s solar energy capacity has gone up 13 times. The projects inaugurated included the 320 KV Pugalur- Thrissur power transmission project, built at a cost of Rs 5,070 crore,to facilitate transfer of power from the western region and help meet the growth in load in Kerala.
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The Kumbakonam Town DMK unit staged a demonstration at Kumbakonam on Thursday indicting the civic body for not ensuring basic infrastructure at the newly built complex for the municipality.
The DMK cadre, led by Mayiladuthurai MP, S. Ramalingam, Kumbakonam MLA, G. Anbalagan, Thiruvidaimaruthur MLA, Govi.Chezhiaan and town secretary S. P. Thamizhazhagan went in a procession from Srinagar Colony to the new Municipal Office complex and staged a demonstration.
They raised slogans condemning the civic body for the inordinate delay in the execution of drinking water and underground sewage network projects in the town under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and demanded roll back of property tax and house tax rates. They also demanded that garbage tax should not be imposed on the people.
Tiruppur South MLA S. Gunasekaran unveiled the first manhole cleaning robot of the Corporation at Kuppusamypuram on Wednesday. Officials said that the robot ‘Bandicoot’ manufactured by a Kerala-based