* With the local body polls scheduled for October 17, officials today checked the Electronic Voting Machines that will be used during the polls.

* Labourers of various tea estates have urged the government to provide them with sandals as they are often bitten by leeches as a result of which they fall sick.

* Residents of Pangalapadi, Karikaiyur, Kokkodu, Arakkodu, Kullangari and other nearby villages have appealed to the administration to provide proper roads and transport facilities in their villages.