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Villagers prevent public sector NLC officials from taking possession of land
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Cuddalore, Departments, Health, Information, Public, programme on August 11th, 2010
Residents of a village in the district today prevented officials of public sector Neyveli Lignite Corporation from taking possession of land, alleging that assurances of providing alternative site and employment were not honoured.
Police said a team of NLC officials visited Keelakuppam village with earth moving equipment to take possession of the land for which the corporation had signed a land acquisition agreement with the owners last month.
The land was proposed to be acquired for expansion of the first lignite mine.
However, the villagers did not allow the team led by Chief General Manager (Acquisition) P Ramalingam to proceed with the work and even attempted to attack the officials, they said.
On information, police rushed to the spot and pacified the villagers.
President of the village panchayat V Sellakumar told PTI NLC had agreed to provide alternative house sites and employment to the land owners but did not do so. “Hence we prevented them from taking possession of the land,” he said.
Neyveli Deputy Superintendent of Police R Mani said the situation was tense in the village and police pickets had been posted.
Police seized ‘hawala’ money of Rupees 42 lakh
Posted by ganesh in Cuddalore, Departments, Information, Other, Smugglings, Theft, arrested, illegal, police on April 3rd, 2010
Police have seized ‘hawala’ money to the tune of Rupees 42 lakh after nabbing and interrogating five people who were moving about suspiciously at the bus stand here late last night.
According to Cuddalore DSP Mr Stalin, two head constables Murthy and Venkatesan were on night patrolling at the bus stand when they noticed the five culprits.
He said when they did not give convincing replies on being confronted, the two head constables informed the matter to Tiruppapuliyur police station. Following this, Inspector S Sudaravadivel and Sub Inspector Ananad Babu rushed to the spot.
While being questioned at the police station, the five surrendered the money they were clandestinely carrying with them. The money was packed in dif ferent bundles of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 denominations.
The five from whom the bundles were seized, were identified as Al Faizal (32) of Thattucheri village in Nagapattinam district, A Asraf Ali (54) from Dindigul district, B Eswar (43) from Chennai, A Akbar Sadiq (34) of Aruppukottai in Virudhunagar district and Zakir Hussein of Kanniyakumari, he said.
He said the police however, could not extract any information about who had given them the ‘Hawala’ money and to whom it was to be handed over.
The police made a formal arrest under Sections 41 and 102 of CrPC and produced them before Judicial Magistrate 3 this morning.
Tension prevailed in this coastal district accident involving broke into communal clash
Tension prevailed in this coastal district of Tamil Nadu since last night as an accident involving people of two villages broke into a communal clash, with one section setting ablaze at least seven huts and destroying properties.
Police said a wordy duel broke out between people of two villages of different communities. After the accident, about 150 people of Vazhisodanaipalayam village trooped into the village of other community and set ablaze atleast seven huts, besides destroying two wheelers and other properties.
Tension mounted as the situation threatened to go out of hand, but timely action by the police averted a major clash between the two communities.
District Superintendent of Police Aswin Kotnis said 39 people had been arrested in connection with the arson and the situation was brought under control.
More than 600 armed policemen, drawn from the strike force and local police identified as communally sensitive had been posted in the two villages and in other places, the police said.
Trouble broke out when people of the two villages, travelling in two-wheelers met with an accident, two days ago. Both the parties lodged complaints with the Old Town Police here and the police closed the issue after working out a compromise.
However, two days after the incident, people of one village, in a fit of rage, trooped to Nayakkanatham village and indulged in arson and destroyed properties,
A Five-year research by marine biologists
Posted by ganesh in College, Communication, Cuddalore, Education, Information, fishermen on March 17th, 2010
A five-year research by marine biologists has now made it possible to breed marine ornamental fishes in hatcheries even using low saline estuarine water – a heretofore impossible.
The new technology gains significance because — it has opened up a new livelihood opportunity for fishers who can set up hatcheries and the hatchery production of the marine fishes will avoid the need to fish them in seas.
The second cause will help prevent the destruction of coral reefs and will put a stop to harmful fishing practices like cyanide fishing.
Explaining about their research, the team leader, Prof T T Ajith Kumar of the Center of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, told Express that they have successfully bred two varieties of marine ornamental fishes — Clown and Damsel — using backwaters which are relatively less saline than sea water.
The team has also formulated simple methods to breed the fishes enabling it to make this a livelihood opportunity for fishers given the fact the ornamental fishes are a surging trade and a multi-million dollar industry.
Ajith Kumar says that with a minimal initial investment of Rs 25,000 the fisher can set up a hatchery in his backyard and expect a minimum monthly income of Rs 3,000.
“If they are ready to make higher investment, they can get very high returns,
Move to set up ETP at Cuddalore opposed
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Cuddalore, Departments, Health, Information, Other, government on March 5th, 2010
Residents here have opposed the setting up of an effluent treatment plant at Cuddalore to discharge effluents from Tirupur- Erode textile units. As per the plan, the effluents would be pumped through a 400-kmlong pipeline to Cuddalore and treated here before letting into the sea.
The plant is jointly built by Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) and SIPCOT. Stating that the plant would make the already polluted Cuddalore and surrounding areas inhabitable, the Federation of All Residents Welfare Association has urged the Chief Minister to intervene and stop the construction.
The resident welfare association, in its letter, has stated the high instance of cancer among people in the region due to pollution. One out of every 20 patients seeking treatment at Adyar Cancer Institute was from Cuddalore.
TANFAC Industries Ltd bagged the award for 2006-2007.
Posted by ganesh in Award, Communication, Cuddalore, Departments, Other, businesses, programme on February 12th, 2010
The TANFAC Industries Ltd., situated in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here has bagged the “Good industrial relations award” for 2006 and 2007.
The award, instituted by the Labour Department of the State government, is being given in five categories based on the number of employees. The TANFAC has earned the awards in the under-500 workmen category. The company, a joint venture of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation and the Aditya Birla Group of Companies, is mainly into production of aluminium fluoride.
Special schools taking out a procession in Children and teachers
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Cuddalore, Departments, Education, programme, student on January 8th, 2010
The students and teachers of special schools in Cuddalore, Villupuram and Nagapattinam districts took out a rally here on Thursday in support of their demands.
Demands
It was held under the aegis of the Cuddalore branch of the All India Confederation of Organisations for Persons with Mental Disability. According to M.Ravichandran, State president of the organisation, the demands included time-scale pay for the teachers in special schools and speedy distribution of benefits announced by the government for the differently abled persons.
According to the 2001 Census, there were two lakh mentally challenged persons in the State, and 250 special schools run by the service organisations were catering to their needs.
Teachers appointed
Mr. Ravichandran pointed out that till 1992, the government had appointed 32 teachers in special schools, but later, no postings were made. In view of the present and future needs, the government must post at least 750 teachers, 250 women helpers and 250 office assistants in special schools.
Correspondents and non-teaching staff of at least 18 special schools such as Oasis, G.V.Dhaya, Santhi Jain, Vela and John, and hundreds of students and parents took part in the rally that wound its way from the Periyar statue to the Collectorate.
Later, the office-bearers of the organisation handed over a memorandum to District Collector P.Seetharaman. Those participated on the occasion included K.Kumar, district president and Kavi.Thavaraj, secretary.
Cuddalore fishermen were beaten up by navy personnel
Fishermen of Thazhanguda in Cuddalore who were beaten up by navy personnel
Thirty fishermen belonging to Thazhanguda coastal village in Cuddalore on Wednesday alleged that they were assaulted by Indian Navy personnel.
B. Sakthi and P. Gopi told The Hindu that the fishermen had set out in 10 fibre boats from Thazhanguda. At about 12 nautical miles off the coast, they cast their nets.
Suddenly, they noticed a patrolling naval ship pulling up at that point. A three-member naval team, armed with cricket stumps, got on to an inflatable boat and approached the fishermen, demanding their identity cards.
Mr. Sakthi said that since no agency had issued them ID cards they could not produce any. The Navy personnel started beating up the fishermen with the stumps and gave no reason for their action when asked.
The fishermen abandoned their fishing nets, along with the catch, all worth Rs.15 lakh, and returned to the shore.
Mr. Gopi said the Navy personnel warned them that if they were seen in the waters on their return from Nagapattinam, where they were heading then, they would take stringent action against the fishermen.
After the incident, the fishermen scattered in different directions. Those injured in the attack included Dhanavelu, Murugan, Thennarasu and S. Krishna, a 13-year-old student, who had accompanied his father in a boat.
Mr. Gopi further said that on Wednesday the naval ship was found anchored five km off the coast. Hence, none of the fishermen ventured into the sea. He said such arbitrary action affected their livelihood.
State president of the Meenavar Padhukappu Iyakkam M. Kuppuraj said that hitherto Tamil Nadu fishermen used to be the target of the Sri Lankan navy, but now the Indian Navy was targeting them. He said the fishermen were used to going up to 100 km for fishing but the proposed legislation to curtail their movement within 12 nautical miles would severely affect their livelihood.
The Iyakkam was trying to stall the passage of the proposed legislation in Parliament, Mr. Kuppuraj said.
State general secretary of the Iyakkam Selva Ezhumalai said that his organisation would take up the issue with the district administration on Thursday.
“Exceeded distance limit”
Superintendent of Police Ashwin M. Kotnis said that the fishermen had gone up to 20 nautical miles, while the permitted distance was 12 nautical miles. A total of 20 fibre boats had violated the rules and the fishermen were reportedly chased away by the naval personnel. He would take up the allegation that they were beaten up with the naval detachment stationed in Puducherry.
The SP said fishermen were expected to carry identity cards, which would save them from such hassles.
When contacted, Collector P. Seetharaman said that the process of creating the National Population Register had begun in the coastal villages. This was being done jointly by Central and State governments. A total of 12 coastal villages had been identified — nine in Cuddalore division and three in Chidambaram division.
In the Cuddalore division, there were 32,850 fishermen and in Chidambaram, 10,548 fishermen aged above 15 years. So far, 26,196 fishermen (75 per cent) were covered in Cuddalore and 4,973 (40 per cent) in Chidambaram.
A database had been created and soon bio-metric cards, incorporating the fishermen’s fingerprints and photographs, would be issued. The cut-off date for issuing the ID cards for the Cuddalore division was Thursday, and for Chidambaram division, December 7.
The Collector said that fishermen could provide the intelligence input about the possible movement of strangers in the coastal areas. In the current threat perception they had a vital role to play to secure the coastline. He too would take up the issue of beating up of fishermen with the naval authorities.
The Collector further said that none of the fishermen carried the registration certificates for the boats, the diesel passbooks (that entitle them to get diesel at subsidised price) and identity cards issued by the Assistant Director of Fisheries Department.
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