Coimbatore: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have accused the city corporation of reducing the water spread area of lakes in the name of smart city works. They have demanded the corporation to take necessary steps to increase the water spread area, instead of creating recreational spaces along the waterbodies.
NGOs like Kovai Kulangal Padukaappu Amaipu, Siruthuli, Residents Awareness Association of Coimbatore, CUBE, Arulagam and Osai have petitioned chief minister M K Stalin and other officials in this regard on Saturday.
Pointing out that smart city projects were being carried out at seven city lakes, the petition said the civic body was developing infrastructures along them for about 19.03km by reducing water spread area by at least 20 acres.
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Fraudsters use demand for essential drugs as bait for online cheating
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They engage in chats or calls over WhatsApp
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They engage in chats or calls over WhatsApp With increasing cases of COVID-19 and Mucormycosis reported the demand for certain drugs, fraudsters are looking for gullible victims. People, who pose as dealers of drugs like Remdesivir and Liposomal Amphotericin B, are the new entrants into online cheating.
The fraudsters engage in chats or calls over WhatsApp and convince the buyer that they are dealers of certain essential drugs.
Though they assure the buyer of delivering the drug after paying full or advance payment, their numbers will be ‘out of reach’ once they receive the payment.