1,118 test positive in Alappuzha
The Hindu
1,043 cases in Kottayam, four die in Pathanamthitta
Alappuzha district reported 1,118 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. The test positivity rate was recorded at 16.88%.
The fresh cases include 1,096 patients who contracted the disease through local transmission, while the source of infection of 21 others remains unknown. One health staff also tested positive for the disease.
Meanwhile, 1,998 people who were undergoing treatment for the disease tested negative. The active COVID-19 caseload stands at 11,337.
Hampi, the UNESCO-recognised historical site, was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565. Foreign travellers from Persia, Europe and other parts of the world have chronicled the wealth of the place and the unique cultural mores of this kingdom built on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. There are fine descriptions to be found of its temples, farms, markets and trading links, remnants of which one can see in the ruins now. The Literature, architecture of this era continue inspire awe.
Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”