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TRICHY: Saying that the health staff will be administered Covid-19 vaccine for only the next two days, health minister C Vijaya Baskar has asked them to get vaccinated at the earliest. He said as many as 1.79 lakh frontline workers have been vaccinated in the state so far with 8,000-10,000 people taking the shots on a daily basis.
He was attending a vaccination drive at Pudukottai Government Medical College Hospital where district collector P Uma Maheswari and district superintendent of police L Balaji Saravanan took the shots on Tuesday.
The state received 12.34 lakh doses of vaccine so far and more doses are expected to arrive. “Widespread awareness campaign has helped 1.74 lakh people take vaccine shots in the state so far. Apprehension among people on a new vaccine is usual. That’s the reason why I also took the vaccine shot to create awareness.
Burliar panchayat officials sealing the illegal resort
UDHAGAMANDALAM: An illegal resort with 15 buildings comprising 22 rooms located at Kurumbarpadi on the Coonoor-Mettupalayam road was locked and sealed by the officials of the Burliar panchayat on Monday.
According to Raman, block development officer, a portion of the construction in the resort was built in 2004 under the license for dwelling houses issued by the Burliar panchayat. Later in 2009, more units were added to the building and commercial activities were started as resorts. A swimming pool has also been developed blocking a natural stream running alongside.
Raman said, “The management of the illegal resort is yet to get approval from Hill Area Development Authority (HACA). Their application to HACA in 2013 is still pending.” He added, “The action of locking and sealing the private resort is taken under the instruction of the district administration.”
COIMBATORE: Hundreds of DMK cadres staged a demonstration in Pollachi on Monday condemning AIADMK leaders for trying to protect the accused involved in the Pollachi rape. They also demanded CBI to arrest all the accused involved in the case.
Led by DMK Coimbatore south district in-charge Thentral Selvaraj, DMK cadres raised slogans against municipal administration minister SP Velumani, deputy speaker of the assembly Pollachi V Jayaraman.
Thentral Selvaraj told reporters that the AIDMK leaders were protecting the Pollachi rape case accused and the main accused are yet to be arrested.
The AIADMK government is involved in corruption in local bodies, he said. “We are protesting against the atrocities of AIADMK. Precious minerals from Pollachi and surrounding areas are smuggled to Kerala and the state government has failed to prevent it,” Selvaraj said.
COIMBATORE: Members of JACTO-GEO on Monday staged a protest in front of the district collector's office demanding the state government to withdraw the.