Voter data upload slow, BLOs for accuracy over rushed jobs

Election officials face challenges digitizing nearly ten crore special revision forms accurately. Booth-level officers must manually scrutinize and verify every detail before uploading data. Network connectivity issues and illegible handwriting further complicate the data entry process. College students and NCC cadets assist officers in speeding up the upload of voter details. The drive has been…

TN budget: CM Vijay’s municipal administration and water supply dept gets higher allocation, revives bid to restore Chennai waterways

Presenting the budget on Wednesday, the finance minister announced that the long-polluted Cooum and Adyar rivers would be restored through global tenders, with a detailed project report (DPR) to be prepared. The govt said the restoration would draw inspiration from successful riverfront transformations in cities such as Seoul and Singapore.