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Chennai Corp will extend Source segregation of waste in 75 more wards
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Departments, Health, Information, Transport, government, modification, programme, vehicles on August 26th, 2010
The Chennai Corporation will extend its programme of source segregation of waste to 75 more wards by next month.
For this, it is procuring seven lakh plastic bags and over 140 tricycles painted in red for collecting the recyclable waste from residents, according to a senior official of the civic body.
The bags along with pamphlets would be distributed free of cost and conservancy workers would purchase the recyclable waste from the residents every fortnight. The residents would also be informed of the time and date of the next collection.
In April this year, the Corporation launched the source segregation scheme, to promote segregation of recyclable waste, by distributing bags to residents of 17 wards in six of its 10 zones. The scheme of purchasing recyclable waste is being implemented by ITC Ltd in four wards of Zone 5 (Kilpauk).
The civic body has also provided weighing machines for the conservancy workers. The plastic waste is purchased at the rate of Rs.2.50 per kg.
The 75 wards to be covered by the Corporation are in the Tondiarpet, Basin Bridge, Ayanavaram, Kilpauk, Nungambakkam and Saidapet zones.
suspected case of Honour killing 3 held for girl’s murder
In a suspected case of honour killing, Rengasamy, a tractor mechanic, unable to tolerate the activities of his eighteen-year-old daughter, murdered her with the help of his relatives.
The girl living in Ramanathan Street at S S Colony, used to frequently converse with her boy friends over mobile phone.
To put an end to continuous talk, Rengasamy, suspecting that she was having affairs with several boys, sent her to a relative’s house in Chennai to continue her education.
Even at Chennai, she did not mend her ways.
Her cell phone was snatched and she was returned to Madurai recently.
She was also forced to discontinue her education.
An infuriated Rengasamy colluded with his relatives Moorthy, Velmurugan and a private hospital compounder Balu and hatched a plan to kill his daughter to retain the honour of the family. They administered with a poisonous injection to the girl and also poured the poison into her mouth at her residence.
The incident took place on Tuesday between 9 am and 2.30 pm.
She informed her mother about the treatment meted out to her by her relatives.
The girl was rushed to the Government Rajaji Hospital, where she died on Tuesday night.
Based on a complaint lodged by her mother R Lakshmi, police arrested Moorthy, Velmurugan and Balu.
They are on the look out for Rengasamy, who has been absconding since the report of the incident.
A special team has been formed to arrest Rengasamy.
Special buses to Tirupparankundram for ‘Pournami girivalam.’
Posted by ganesh in Festivals, Information, Madurai, Public, Temples, Transport, function, government, vehicles on August 24th, 2010
The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Madurai Division) will operate special buses to Tirupparankundram on Tuesday for the convenience of pilgrims visiting the Subramaniaswamy Temple for ‘Pournami girivalam.’
According to a TNSTC press release, the buses will be operated from P and T Nagar, Periyar Bus Stand, Tirumangalam, Kariapatti, Avaniapuram and Tiruppuvanam.
Malaysian biker wins fourth round of 2010 Asian championship near Chennai
A Malaysian rider Mohammad Zamri Baba won the fourth round of the 2010 Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship in the premier SuperSports 600cc category held at the Madras Motor Race Track in Irungattukottai near Chennai.
The fourteen-year-old Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship provides a platform for Asian motorcycle champions to excel and each international riders standards of racing.
Eighteen teams and riders from eight countries, including Malaysia, Thailand, China, Japan, Australia, Indonesia, India and Singapore are participating in the 2010 season.
“This year we have seven national champions, who are racing in the Asian Championship. The idea at this moment, we realise that the standard of the riders between each country’s are different, but them racing together, they improve their level to much more quickly, so that is the goal and want all the riders to be of high quality,” said Ronhogg, Director of Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship.
The Petronas Yamaha rider Baba, who started from Grid 4, went hard on the throttle to clock a total time of 32:54.194 second.
Baba was 2.382s ahead of Thailand’s duo of Decha Kraisart (32:56.576s) and Chalermpol Polomai (33:05.092s) who came in second and third place respectively.
With this win, Baba has climbed up two positions to third with 87 points in the overall SuperSports 600cc standings.
Toshiyuki Hamaguchi rider participating from the Indian team Moto-Rev India finished fifth clocking a time of 33:11.121s.
With two more rounds left in the 2010 championship, next one being in China starting from October 28, Kraisart continues to seal his position at the top of the standings with 108 points followed by Polomai in second with 90 points.
Launching Garuda Paddy Power Weeder for commercialisation or incubation
Posted by ganesh in Agriculture, Coimbatore, Communication, Departments, Information, Other, Public, businesses, government, modification, programme, vehicles on May 10th, 2010
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has developed 746 crop varieties and 146 farm equipment. But, unless these reach the farmers, they cannot be put to good use. Since the university cannot commercialise the technologies and designs, private companies and entrepreneurs should come forward to do so, Vice-Chancellor of the university P. Murugesa Boopathi said here recently.
POWER WEEDER
Launching the Garuda Paddy Power Weeder for commercial use, the Vice-Chancellor said the Agri-Business Development Directorate had been set up in the university to act as a link between the university and entrepreneurs to facilitate commercialisation or incubation.
EQUIPMENT COST
The power weeder design had been transferred by the university to Premier Power Equipment and Products Private Limited for commercial manufacture.
The cost of the weeder was fixed at Rs. 31,000.
This was in response to the demand by rice farmers to replace the manual weeder as it was found difficult to be pushed in between the rows of paddy.
SUBSIDY
“There is a possibility of getting 50 per cent subsidy for the purchase of the weeder from the Department of Agriculture Engineering, Government of Tamil Nadu. The Corporation Bank has also come forward to extend loans for the same purpose,” Mr. Boopathi said.
Lamenting that most of the wards of farmers were moving away from farming, the Vice-Chancellor said mechanisation was the only solution for addressing this and also labour scarcity.
“There are 80 lakh farming families in Tamil Nadu. Out of these, 65 lakh are small and marginal farmers possessing very small holdings. Hence, scientists should design and develop machinery that can be used in such small holdings,” he said. Appreciating the equipment that had been developed for sugarcane harvesting, Mr. Boopathi said efficient mechanisation was necessary in cotton, especially for picking.
COCONUT TREE CLIMBER
The next major equipment that was awaiting commercialisation was the coconut tree climber, he added.
Registrar P. Subbian, Dean S. Santhanu Bosu, Director of Research M. Paramathma, Director of Agri Business Development R. Ganeshan, and Chief Executive Officer and Director of Premier Equipment and Products Private Limited A. Rajkumar, were present for the launch.
5 killed in car-lorry collision in Coimbatore
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Death, Health, Information, Other, Transport, accident, government, hospital, illegal, police, vehicles on May 7th, 2010
At least five people were killed when a car in which they were traveling collided head with a lorry in Navakarai near Coimbatore on Friday morning.
According to sources, the accident took place when the deceased were returning from Tirupathi to Ernakulam in Kerala.
Two women and three men belonging to Ernakulam in Kerala died on the spot. The bodies were kept in the Coimbatore Medical College.
State government will grant pension to transport workers
Posted by ganesh in Assembly, Departments, Health, Information, Other, Public, Transport, government, modification, programme, tamilnadu, vehicles on April 30th, 2010
The State government will grant pension to transport workers in a month, if the Centre agrees to exempt provident fund from income-tax deductions, Transport Minister K.N. Nehru told the Assembly on Thursday.
Replying to the debate on demand for grants for his department, the Minister said the accumulation of provident fund had touched Rs. 1,200 crore and 30 per cent income tax was being deducted. “We wrote to the Union Finance Minister seeking exemption from income tax deductions. But our request was not accepted. Later, States such as Rajasthan and Delhi could get exemptions. We are once again writing to the Centre. If we get the exemption, workers will get pension in one month,” the Minister said.
Mr. Nehru said the government had decided to increase the lifetime tax for four wheelers, based on the suggestion made at the Pollution Control Board meeting held in Delhi.
At the meeting it was argued that increasing tax for private vehicles alone would control vehicle population which in turn would bring down the pollution level and accidents in six cities including Chennai.
He said the tax would be 10 per cent for four wheelers costing less than Rs. 10 lakh. Fifteen per cent tax will be levied on vehicles costing more than Rs. 10 lakh. The new tax system will come into effect from June 1, 2010 and it would be suitably applied to vehicles coming to Tamil Nadu for re-registration. The Minister said the government would soon issue an order for registration of rig-mounted vehicles and tractor-driven combine harvesters in regional transport offices. Now these vehicles can be registered only after getting clearance from the government, which is causing delay.
The government also increased the solatium released from the Chief Minister’s Accident Relief Fund to victims of the road accidents and their family members. In the case of death, the amount has been increased to Rs 25,000 from Rs 10,000. For permanent disability the amount will be 10,000 instead of Rs 6,000. The amount given to permanent damage caused to eyes, hands and legs has been increased to Rs 7,000 from Rs. 4,000. For minor injuries it will be Rs.1,000 instead of Rs. 500.
One kiled and three were injured fuel tank of an old lorry exploded
One person died and three others were injured after the fuel tank of an old lorry exploded when it was being welded at a workshop on the congested Border Thottam area, off Anna Salai, here on Tuesday.
According to police sources, Munna (25) of Bihar, who was welding it, suffered serious burns and died soon after he was admitted to the Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital. Three other workers suffered minor burns in the incident on Lord Govindas Nagar Road.
The area bustling with workshops engaged in dismantling out-of-use vehicles and selling spare parts was rocked when the blast occurred around 11.30 a.m. outside Kamatchi Traders. The explosion ripped apart several old vehicles in the vicinity.
M. Vijaya (37), a resident of LGN Road, who witnessed the accident, said she was fetching water from a Metrowater tank nearby when there was a huge sound. “A welder was working under the big tanker lorry [a 10-wheeler] while three others were dismantling other parts of the vehicle. Suddenly, there was a blast and the man under the vehicle wriggled out in flames and started crying for help,” Vijaya added.
Munna, a native of Bihar, was taken to the hospital. Anna Salai police reached the spot and started investigation. The injured workers were identified as Manish (21) of Bihar and Shankar (26) and Andavan (24), both from Chennai. The sources said sparks from the welding work fell on the leftover fuel inside the tank resulting in the fire. “We have taken into custody owners of Kamatachi Traders, A.Seenivasan (46), and Dhanasekaran for not taking adequate precautionary measures.
TATA Motors partnership with IOB for financing its commercial vehicles
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Health, Information, Other, Transport, businesses, function, tamilnadu, vehicles on April 27th, 2010
TATA Motors today entered into a partnership with Public sector Indian Overseas Bank for financing its range of commercial vehicles across the country.
Under this tie-up, the bank would not collect any processing charges from customers and no collateral security would be required upto Rs one crore funding, a company statement here said.
Indian Overseas Bank would offer loans for Tata Motors’ commercial vehicles upto 85 per cent on the onroad cost, it said.
This facility would be available in all the 1,998 branches of the bank and also at the commercial vehicle dealerships of TATA Motors,
Volkswagen Polo Cup India touring car series attracted a record
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Information, Others, competition, function, vehicles on April 17th, 2010
The landmark Volkswagen Polo Cup India touring car series that is to be run as part of the 2010 JK Tyre National Racing Championship has attracted a record 1,100 entries for the 20 slots on the start grid that will be finalised after a four-tier selection and evaluation process.
Speaking to IANS here Saturday, Sanjay Sharma, head of motor sport at JK Tyre, said the pruning process of the aspirants, all in the age group of 16 to 24 years, involved initial administrative checks that reduced the number to 713, who were then subjected to interviews to arrive at a figure of 450.
“These 450 youngsters have been invited to Kolhapur to undergo further tests in Polo car simulators that have been flown in from Germany, on April 23-25. The simulator runs are for absolute rookies with no racing experience. They will then graduate to four-stroke go-karts and then to two-stroke where they will be joined by those with some racing background.
“We will then shortlist 40 candidates who will take part in the final evaluation process in Coimbatore on May 15 and 16 when they actually get to drive the Polo Cup car.
“While JK Tyre will provide some support, the evaluation will be done by experts appointed by Volkswagen,” Sharma disclosed.
The Polo Cup India series is the latest by Volkswagen who run similar championships in South Africa, Europe and Japan.
The entry fee for the six-round championship is Rs 240,000 and the amount covers fireproof racing overall, helmet, HANS (Head And Neck Support system) and service back-up, besides hospitality during the race weekends.
The champion of the series will be decided on the basis of cumulative points that range from 60 to two for each of the six rounds.
The Polo Cup championship will be run in a controlled environment that disallows any set-up changes or modifications to the car with the exception of three-way adjustable front stabilizer and tyre pressure.
One of the main benefits of the championship is that top performers in the Polo Cup would be part of the driver exchange programme that enables them to travel abroad to participate in similar Volkswagen championships and partner series.
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