Wanting to show that he is a man of original ideas, the Chief Minister last month announced a sudden four-day ‘double lockdown’ for Chennai and four other cities where all essential supplies, including drinking water supply, would remain closed and no one would be allowed to step out of his house even for a breath of fresh air.
Convinced the stringent lockdown in force since 24 March was the answer to stop the spread of coronavirus, Palaniswamy on 24 April came out with the novel idea of a double lockdown, a lockdown within the lockdown, for the five major cities in Tamil Nadu, Chennai. Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem and Tiruppur, till 3 May.
Rainwater harvesting was made mandatory in Tamil Nadu quite early, but follow-up action was sorely missing.
Neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor any of his senior colleagues felt the need to make at least an aerial survey to see the havoc caused by Gaja.
Bill will be empowered to probe allegations of corruption against serving & ex-ministers, state govt employees.
Four walls do not make a prison, said the sage of Abhedashram in Thiruvananthapuram. Sasikala Natarajan, general secretary of Tamil…
Newly elected All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) head Edappadi Palaniswamy met with Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao…
