Archive for category Dindigul
Villagers block highway protesting lack of bridge across river
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Death, Departments, Dindigul, Health, Information, Other, Public, Transport, disease, government, hospital, illegal, programme, strike on May 6th, 2010
More than 300 persons blocked road traffic on a highway near Thadikombu in this district after three persons died of gastroenteritis at a village because ambulance could not reach the hamlet as there was no bridge across the river, police said.
People of Athupatty village, home to 250 families had called the ambulance service after three persons fainted due to diarrhoea and vomitting. But the vehicle could not reach the hamlet as there was no bridge, they said.
A woman noon meal worker, her relative and another man died and five others have been hospitalised in serious condition, they said.
District officials held talks with the villagers and persuaded them to disperse.
One person was arrested surprise raids siddha and a homoeopathy clinic
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Dindigul, Health, Other, Raid, businesses, illegal, police, release on April 2nd, 2010
One person was arrested and a siddha and a homoeopathy clinic were sealed during surprise raids led by Collector M. Vallalar in two places at Vadamadurai, 20 km from here on Wednesday night. The arrested was B. Muthusamy, owner of the homoeopathy clinic.
In the first raid, a special investigation team raided a homeopathy clinic on RS Road in Vadamadurai and seized allopathy medicines, syringes, injections, steriliser, suture needles, Copper T and other equipments used for surgical procedures.
The clinic had a delivery room and wards. In his letter pad, there was a mention of the name of a lady doctor with MBBS degree. The police arrested the doctor. In the second raid at Velvarkottai, the team raided a siddha clinic and seized several documents and medicines. However, the siddha doctor had managed to escape.
BSNL has commissioned nine new mobile phone towers
Posted by ganesh in BSNL, Communication, Departments, Dindigul, Information, Madurai, Mobiles on March 31st, 2010
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has commissioned nine new mobile phone towers in Madurai, Theni and Dindigul districts.
The towers have been commissioned at Pudukottai, Marikundu and Veerapandi (Theni), Sevukampatti (Batlagundu), Anjukuzhipatti (Dindigul), Chennakarapatti (Tirumangalam), Kanappadi (Vedasandur), Boothampatti and Uthappanaickanur (Usilampatti).
Customers of these areas could buy SIM cards from the BSNL customer service centres, retailers, franchisees and during road shows. The popular ‘En Nanban’ scheme validity has been extended to June 26.
1 Killed & 5 Person Injured in a Fire crackers at a godown
A 40-year-old person was killed on the spot and five others, including four women, were injured in a fire triggered by explosion of fire crackers at a godown at Therkku Ratha Street, here today.
Police said the victim, V Dhanasekaran, who was selling fire crackers under the name Guna Traders, opened the godown this morning for routine transaction.
Minutes after he went inside the godown, there was a big explosion followed by fire that razed down the godown building and damaged four nearby commercial buildings.
On information, personnel of Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services rushed to the site and extinguished the fire after nearly two hours of battle.
The mutilated body of Dhanasekaran was retrieved from the debris and sent to government hospital for post mortem.
Five people, namely Narayanan (51), Pappathi (70), Parvathi Ammal (65), Priyadarshini (19) and Vijayalakshmi (15) injured in the fire, were admitted to the hospital.
The cause of the fire was still under investigation,
Indian Bank would open one more branch & ATM at Batlagundu
Posted by ganesh in Bank, Communication, Departments, Dindigul, Information, Madurai, Public, function, modification, programme on March 15th, 2010
Indian Bank would open one more branch at Batlagundu and commission nine Automated Teller Machines (ATM) in Madurai city, Dindigul and other districts in Madurai circle, said M. Kathiresan, Deputy General Manager and Circle Head of Indian Bank, Madurai.
Presiding over a function got up to commission the second ATM at Nehruji Nagar branch and distribution of loan to self-help groups here on Saturday, he said that the Batlagundu branch, eighth in the district, would be inaugurated on March 22.
ATMs would be commissioned at Tirumangalam, Batlagundu, Palani, Karaikudi, Pallathur and Arapalayam, Netaji Road, South Masi Street and Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai. This ATM was the 49 {+t} {+h} in Madurai circle, 448 {+t} {+h} in the State and 905 {+t} {+h} in the country, he added.
The first ATM of the branch had 750 hits a day, highest in Madurai circle. To improve services to customers, the bank had installed second ATM on its premises. Moreover, the branch had 1,300 SHG accounts of which credit linkage was given to 1,000 SHGs, he added.
“The Indian Bank had sanctioned 38 per cent of its total loan to SHGs only.”
Distributing loans to the tune of Rs.1.21 crore to 1,048 SHG women, Collector M. Vallalar said that banks must open more ATMs and cash dispensers to cover more people at villages and offer loans to middle and small entrepreneurs.
Bankers should eliminate problems, if any, in distribution of loans to SHGs.
“We have plans to expand the area under mass cultivation of cut flower and vegetables to 1,000 acres from 200 acres on Kodaikanal hill.
To meet irrigation needs, new dams would be constructed.
Farmers would be in need of more financial assistance to expand their activities.
At that time, banks should lend liberally,
Second wife were found squabbling over who will get the body
Even as an RDO enquiry is on in the encounter death of Dindigul Pandi, his kin and his second wife were found squabbling over who will get the body.
Pandi’s realtives exchanged heated arguments outside the Government Royapettah hospital where they were gathered this morning.
They were waiting to claim the body after post-mortem. Following this, police officials are debating over to whom should the body be handed over.
It may be recalled that history-sheeter Dindigul Pandi and his associate Velu were on Monday shot dead by police in an encounter after the duo allegedly hurled country-made bombs and opened fire at them. Police said three policemen were injured in the attack which occurred when they intercepted a car in which the two were travelling near Neelankarai on the city outskirts.
Police said they fired in retaliation in which the two were killed. Pandi, a contract killer always armed with deadly weapons, had taken Rs.3 lakh as advance to murder a businessman, Sankaran Diwakar, of K K Nagar in May last. Six of his associates were arrested in connection with that murder.
Apart from nine other murder cases, Pandi was involved in offences such as kidnap for ransom and criminal intimidation in different parts of the State.
Meanwhile Pandi’s sister Bhuvaneshwari has forwarded a petition to Chief Secretary K S Sripathi and DGP Letika Saran alleging she has suspicion over Pandi’s death and also sought action against those responsible for the encounter death of her brother.
In her peition she is said to have demanded that the bullets and guns to be subjected to forensic test by the authorities concerned.
She also alleged that she came to know about his death only after she came across a footage in a private television channel. And the police refused to even show them the body which was earlier kept at a private hospital in Adyar Pandi father’s Narayanan, mother Tamzhilselvi and her sisters Bhuvaneshwari, Chithra and have come to obtain the body to perform last rites at their native district Sivagangai.
Claiming her rights over Pandi’s body, his second wife Thirumani has alleged that Pandi was staying with her since 1995. ‘Pandi often feared that he would be killed in an encounter,’ she said. Meanwhile Velu’s parents too have come to get his body.
The body will be handed over to his relatives after obtaining the RDO report, police said.
Special training centre for civil service exams will be established in Dindigul to IAS and IPS
Posted by ganesh in College, Communication, Culture, Departments, Dindigul, Education, Information, exicipition, government, programme, student on January 22nd, 2010
A special training centre for civil service exams will be established in Dindigul to encourage IAS and IPS aspirants in the district. These centre will function with the help of higher educational institutions and the government, said Collector M. Valallar.
Inaugurating an exhibition on career guidance and a seminar held at M.V.M. Government Arts College form Women here on Thursday, he said that training to aspirants would be absolutely free.
The prime aim of the district administration was to bring the facilities that were enjoyed by urban students, to rural students also.
Proficiency in English, communication skills and in-depth knowledge in the chosen subjects were essential tools to succeed in the UPSC exams. Wide knowledge in all areas other than chosen subject would be helpful in performing the exams.
Young women should learn to think and do things in a different way. College girls should come out of the society’s vicious circle to see the world and realise problems faced by different sections of the people.
The quest for knowledge should spark in the inner mind and intensive search for it would make you a knowledgeable person, skilled analyser and best trouble shooter.
Every individual woman should aim for higher levels because such tall target alone would tempt you to work hard to reach pinnacle of fame, he said.
It was a wrong notion that gold medallists and university toppers alone would become IAS officers. Hardworking students with excellent analytical skills would reach such a position. Mere registration with the employment exchange alone would not get you jobs. Ambition, perseverance and hard work would take students to any height in your life, said Mr. Vallalar.
green cover by growing a large number of trees will scale down global warming:conference
Posted by ganesh in Agriculture, Communication, Culture, Dindigul, Nature, function, modification, programme on January 13th, 2010
A.K. Rajan, chairman, Coastal Aquaculture Authority, right, releasing a handbook and a CD on climate change at a conference in Dindigul on Tuesday. Nature scientist Nammalvar receives it.
Creation of more green cover by growing a large number of trees will scale down global warming and keep the earth cool and make it an ideal place for all living things; traditional agriculture practices will protect cultivable lands.
These observation were made at the South Regional Environment Conference here on Tuesday. Coastal Aquaculture Authority Chairman A.K. Rajan said that trees were the only viable source to bring down temperature. Degradation of environment and rise in temperature were faster than scientists’ expectations. The poor would be the worst affected.
Rise in temperature by one degree centigrade would force surface-living fish to go 15 metres deep into the sea. Further increase would force them to go deeper and even migrate towards north or south. Such a change would make fishermen’s life miserable creating acute sea food shortage. Natural farming scientist K. Nammazhvar said that human greed was the sole reason for the pathetic conditions prevailing on earth. Drought had gripped 14 districts. Remedy to this crisis was not known. “If you protect trees for three years, it will protect you till death and also your future generations.”
Former Vice-Chancellor of Gandhigram Rural University T. Karunakaran said that decentralisation of production would bring a desirable impact on global warming.
Peace Trust Chairman J. Paul Baskar said that Asian and African countries had realised the impact of global warming but only developed nations refused to take any preventive measures even though they realised the impact.
3 people were killed and 10 others injured when the van in a truck
Three people were killed and ten others, including seven women, were injured when the van in which they were travelling, collided with a truck at Vanchi Odaipatti village, near here, today.
Police said the van, carrying workers of a brick kiln in Ernakulam, was on its way to Dindigul, when the accident occurred.
The deceased were identified as M Karthick (33), P Mohanraj (27) and S Muniappan (45).
The injured were admitted to the Government Hospital here, police added.
Two-hour load shedding may be reduced to one hour per day
Posted by ganesh in Departments, Dindigul, Karaikudi, Other, TNEB, government, meeting, ramanathapuram on December 15th, 2009
All dams and reservoirs are overflowing in the State, owing to the recent rain. Compare to last year, rainfall ratio is much better than this year. Even though there is a sufficient rainfall, why is it that there is electricity scarcity in Tamil Nadu?
The existing two-hour load shedding may be reduced to one hour per day.
S. Thangavel,
Dindigul.
Scrap VAT on generators
Tamil Nadu has been experiencing permanent power cut problems more than a year as there is a permanent load shedding schedule for each and every part of the State for fixed hours.
In these modern days of computer era, every house dependents on electricity, leave alone business places and industries.
Generators and inverters have come to the rescue. To make generators available to the middle class people, the State Government should completely scrap Value Added Tax (VAT) on generators and inverters. The Government should, at the same time, enforce a long-term solution to the power problem.
Asmabagh Anvardeen,
Ramanathapuram.
Electrical crematorium needed
In Paramakudi municipal limit, there is a burial ground near Manjalpattinam. Now, residential colonies have come up near it. When is body is burnt, bad smell emanates, causing health hazard. Will authorities set up an electrical crematorium?
V. Rajendran,
Paramakudi.
Uniform painting for buses
Nowadays, all buses, including moffusel as well as town buses, have different colours of enamel paintings. One cannot, particularly the poor and illiterate, easily locate / identify the town buses among them at bus stand. In other words bus users are put to hardship to distinguish town buses from others. Two decades ago all town buses had aluminium painting throughout the State, which enables the public to easily identify the town buses even at a considerable distance.
K. Somasundaram,
Devakottai.
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