Heavy rain lashes Kannur district of Kerala, several families shifted to safe shelters
The Hindu
Though tahsildars are camping in the areas affected by rain, so far no relief camps have been started in Kannur district
Following heavy rain that lashed across the Kannur district in Kerala during the last two days, several families were shifted to safe locations houses in the district on Tuesday.
In Kannur taluk, families residing in 35 houses at Uttanmukh in Muzhappilangad were shifted after water-logging in the region. Twenty families in Padanapallam and two families at Chovva were shifted following flooding.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists