IAF chopper crash: CM rushes to the Nilgiris
The Hindu
Stalin is expected to visit the site of the crash today
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday evening rushed to the Nilgiris following the IAF chopper crash in which Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and others were killed.
Mr. Stalin visited the Madras Regimental Centre in Wellington late on Wednesday and met top Army officials. Senior Cabinet Minister K.N. Nehru, DGP Sylendra Babu and senior civil servants accompanied him. He is expected to visit the site of the crash on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, following the news of the crash, the Chief Minister instructed the local administration to provide all necessary support to the rescue operation.
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