Roadside, pushcart vendors seek biometric ID cards
The Hindu
TIRUNELVELIDemanding biometric identity cards, roadside vendors submitted a petition during the weekly grievances day meet at the Collectorate on Monday.The petitioners, led by CPI district secretary
TIRUNELVELI
Demanding biometric identity cards, roadside vendors submitted a petition during the weekly grievances day meet at the Collectorate on Monday.
The petitioners, led by CPI district secretary S. Kasi Viswanathan, said the Union Government had introduced the system of giving biometric identity cards to the roadside and pushcart vendors through the urban civic bodies and made the biometric cards mandatory for getting loans through the banks. Though a petition to the Corporation was submitted seeking the disbursal of biometric identity cards to the beneficiaries, it was yet to be given to the vendors.
One dies, eight hospitalised after inhaling HCL fumes at pharma company in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district. About 400 litres of HCL leaked from the reactor-cum-receiver tank at Unit-III of the company, which affected nine workers, says Collector. While the condition of six of them is stable, two are on ventilator support. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu directs authorities to provide advanced treatment to the victims. Home Minister Anitha expresses anger over repeated such incidents.