Kerala receives widespread rains; yellow alert in seven districts
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Various parts of Kerala received widespread rains on Monday with the northeast monsoon being active across the state.
With rain intensifying, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert in seven southern districts.
A yellow alert means heavy rainfall between 6 cm and 11 cm.
As per the latest IMD alert, there is a possibility of moderate to heavy rainfall in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam and Idukki districts on Monday.
Heavy rains (7 cm to 11 cm in 24 hours) are very likely to occur at one or two places in the state. Thunderstorms, lightning and gusty wind are likely to accompany the rainfall, the IMD added.
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Accept Congress decision appointing V D Satheesan as Kerala CM: K C Venugopal
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi (PTI): Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal on Thursday accepted the party decision to select V D Satheesan as the chief minister of Kerala and congratulated him.
Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Venugopal, who was one of the three persons being considered for the post, said he will provide all support to the CM and the UDF government in Kerala.
The decision comes more than 10 days after the results of the April Assembly polls in Kerala were declared.
The Congress-led UDF secured a more than two-thirds majority in the Kerala Assembly elections, but the party has been unable to decide its chief ministerial face due to lobbying by different camps and protests by workers at the ground level.
Besides, Satheesan and Venugopal, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala was also in the race for the CM post.
