Posts Tagged Erode
Power shutdown on May 7
Posted by ganesh in Departments, Erode, Home, Information, Other, Shutdown, TNEB on May 5th, 2010
Power supply will be suspended between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to the following areas on May 7.
Sivagiri, Vettupalayam, Kagam, Konthalam, Minnappalayam, Pazhamangalam, Veerasangili, Kallapuramkottai, Velangattuvalasu, Valliyampalayam, Nammagoundampalayam, Thandampalayam, Ellakkadai, Kulavilakku, Karakkattuvalasu, Kovilpalayam, Ayaparappu and Perumparappu.
Powerloom weavers SITMA will resort to indefinite strike from April 16
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Erode, Information, Other, Public, businesses, illegal, programme, strike, tamilnadu on April 11th, 2010
Powerloom weavers belonging to South India Textile Millers Association (SITMA) have threatened to go on indefinite stir in Tamil Nadu if the spinning mills did not reduce the yarn price before April 15.
‘Powerloom weavers will resort to ?indefinite? strike from April 16 in the state if the spinning millers did not reduce the yarn price before April 15,’ M.S. Mathivanan, Chairman of SITMA, said on Friday night at Erode after a meeting of the Association.
He said after announcement of withdrawal of Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) scheme and levying tax for export of raw cotton, they expected reduction in yarn price, but the spinning millers did not reduce the yarn price.’If the yarn price is not reduced before April 15, all the 4.25 lakh power looms in Tamilnadu will not function. He also urged the Union Government to bring cotton yarn under essential commodity.
Bankers to help noon meal workers open zero balance accounts
Collector R. Sudalaikannan has asked bankers to help noon meal workers open zero balance accounts. In a letter to the Lead Bank Manager, Canara Bank, Erode, he has said that he has received complaints from noon meal workers that bankers are insisting a minimum balance of Rs. 500.
It is not possible to do so for the 4,800 noon meal workers in the district, as they are receiving only between Rs. 1,800 and Rs. 4,000 a month.
Mr. Sudalaikannan also urged banks to speed up transfer of funds to village panchayats. In a letter to the Lead Bank Manager, Canara Bank, Erode, he has said the issue of delay in transfer of State Finance Commission Grant, Twelfth Finance Commission Grant and Pooled Assigned Revenue amount to village panchayats be discussed at the bankers meet.
Calling for bank-wise and branch-wise review of the issue, he has said panchayats operate four accounts 1. Village Panchayat Fund
Account; 2. Village Panchayat Payments to TNEB/TWAD Board or District Collector Account; 3. Village Panchayat Scheme Fund Account; and, 4. Village Panchayat NREGS Account.
The money from aforementioned grants are transferred to Village Panchayat Fund Account and Village Panchayat Payments to TNEB/TWAD or District Collector Account and in the transfer the Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj has cited some instances of delay, he has said.
He has also asked the Lead Bank Manager to ensure that cheques issued for the Village Panchayats of TNEB/TWAD Board Account may be stamped with Village Panchayat payments to TNEB and/or TWAD Board and/or District Collector Account. Issuing similar instruction for the other two accounts, the Collector has asked the Manager to sensitise the nodal bank officials on the issue.
A family pension of Rs 3,000 per month to the widow a family pension of Rs 3,000 per month to the widow a family pension of Rs 3,000 per month to the widow of ex-MLA
Posted by ganesh in Erode, Public, government on November 26th, 2009
Tamil Nadu Government has sanctioned a family pension of Rs 3,000 per month to the widow of M Chinnasamy, who represented Modakurichi assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu assembly from 1967 to 1976.
C Parvatham, widow of the MLA who died in 1979, received Rs 96,000 as arrears.
Ms. Parvatham was granted the pension after Lower Bhavani Ryots Association president C Nallasamy submitted memorandum to authorities as she had lost various documents regarding her husband.
The arrears amount and orders granting pension were handed over to her by District Collector R Sudalikannan on Wednesday.
Theme park Wonderla opens office
Posted by ganesh in Entertainment, Erode on November 20th, 2009
Bangalore-based Wonderla Holidays Pvt. Ltd. has opened a marketing office in Erode.
The V-Guard stable company’s representative will be available in Erode to market the park, which a release says, is currently one of “India’s largest and safest” amusement parks. C. Nehru Natarajan will be the marketing coordinator in Erode and he’ll carry out institutional and corporate marketing activities and conduct special package tours to Wonderla.
Mr. Natarajan may be reached at 40/88 Patel Street, Opposite Erode Blood Bank, Erode 1 or over phone at 0424-2431474.
Erode museum to host exhibition on A.W. Brough
Posted by ganesh in Erode, Public, exicipition on November 19th, 2009
Some of the items from A.W. Brough’s collection that will be on display at Erode museum.
Government Museum, Erode will soon hold an exhibition on life and times of Antony Watson Brough.
The exhibition is likely to be held in the first week of December to throw light on Brough (1861-1936), who arrived in Erode as a missionary towards the end of the 19th century to serve the people.
During his stay in Erode, historians say, Brough collected a variety of articles of day-to-day use. The articles were subsequently shipped to Australia where he spent the evenings of his life.
Museum sources told ‘The Hindu’ that he collected 295 objects, which included bronze bell for prayer, brass rice chatty, curry chatty, brass anklet, human sacrificial sword, metal comb, and much more.
Of the 295 objects Brough collected, the Australian Government, as part of a goodwill gesture, gave 33 items, which are now at the Government Museum in Chennai.
Brough’s is an important chapter in Erode because he established schools, worked for Dalits uplift and also played a role in Erode’s development.
Historian Pulavar S. Raju says Brough established a hospital in Erode, particularly to look after the health needs of Muslim women. Though the hospital is now called CSI Hospital, it is popularly known as Gosh Hospital. It is next to the church, named in his memory, on Brough Road.
He also set up one more hospital, in Chennimalai in memory of his son who died on the battlefront during World War I, the historian says.
In all, Brough established 94 schools in and around Erode and two hospitals.
C. Maheswaran, former Curator of Erode museum, says the missionary also worked for the uplift of Dalits by teaching them arts and craft. He concentrated his work in Kanji Koil and also served as Inspector of Matriculation Schools in the district. He adds that Brough also has the distinction of being a member of the then Erode Municipality. He was a nominated member.
Mr. Raju further says that in view of Brough’s contribution to the society, particularly Muslims, the Brough Memorial Church has Ya Kudah inscribed at the entrance.
Issue and renew identity cards for differently abled persons
Posted by ganesh in Erode, government on November 18th, 2009
District administration will hold camps across the district to issue and renew issue and renew identity cards for differently abled personsissue and renew identity cards for differently abled persons for differently abled persons. The card will help such persons enjoy facilities and concessions the government offers.
The camps will be held as follows: November 19-Anthiyur BDO office; November 21- Ammapettai BDO office; November 24- Bhavani BDO office; November 26- Nambiyur BDO office; November 28- Modakurichi BDO office; November 30- Erode Corporation wedding hall; December 1-Perundurai Panchayat Union office; and, December 3- Kodumudi Panchayat Union office. The arrangement is part of the efforts to take the card-issuing process close to the beneficiaries.
Sugarcane farmers have asked the Union and State governments to hike the minimum support price
Sugarcane farmers have asked the Union and State governments to hike the minimum support price to Rs. 2,000 a tonne.
At a State-level meeting of sugarcane farmers, held here on Monday, the farmers said the current price Rs. 1,437 was not remunerative and that it would dissuade farmers from cultivating sugarcane.
The farmers led by State president S.A. Chinnasamy also wanted the Government to direct the sugar mills to bear the harvest and transport expenses, which at present were borne by the farmers.
They also sought the repeal of an Act that directs sugar mills not to pay more than the Government-fixed price for sugarcane.
The farmers warned that if the Government did not heed their suggestions on price, the area under sugarcane cultivation would comedown, and the Country would be forced import sugar.
And the cost at which the nation would import sugar would be more than what the farmers would demand, they argued and wanted the Government to encourage sugarcane farmers by hiking the minimum support price.
The farmers other demands included protection of Cooperative sugar mills and the repayment of the money the Government collected from farmers for setting up co-generation plants in Cooperative mills.
650 students seek loan in Erode
ERODE:
As many as 650 students from Erode and Modakurichi panchayat unions attended the education loan camp that the banks organised in association with district administration.
According to Lead Bank Manager B.S. Muniraj at the time of closing the camp at the Erode panchayat union office, the number of students who had applied stood at 650. Majority of those students pursued engineering.
“We received applications from students who joined engineering courses. Students who joined teacher training courses came second.”
The students who arrived at the camp filled in applications in triplicate, with which they furnished family card and marks of the latest qualifying examinations.
Mr. Muniraj said the bankers went in for three applications because it would be easy for follow-up action.
On Tuesday, the banks will hold a similar camp for students from Kodumudi panchayat union.
The camp will go on till September 23 covering students from all the 14 blocks in the district.
Erode hospital gets high-tech equipment for radiotherapy
ERODE:
Apollo Hospital has moved towards providing global care in cancer treatment with the launch of CyberKnife.
A.N. Vaidhyswaran, MD, senior consultant, Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital told journalists in Erode on Sunday that with “the world’s first and only” robotic radio surgery system, the Hospital had so far treated 100 persons with intracranial, spine, lung and prostrate tumours.
A handout issued by the Hospital says CyberKnife is a state-of-the-art radiotherapy equipment for robotic radio surgery that allows radiation oncologists to treat pathologies painlessly, without the need for an operation.
It uses pencil beams of radiation which can be directed at any part of the body, from any direction with the help of a robotic arm. The system tracks the tumour’s position, detects any movement of the tumour, and automatically corrects its positioning.
It then targets the tumour with multiple beams of high-energy radiation, destroying abnormal tissue without damaging surrounding areas.
No anaesthesia
Dr. Vaidhyswaran told reporters that the “sophisticated” treatment could be used as an alternative to open surgery, as it does not cause pain and therefore do not require anaesthesia. He added that the recovery time was quick and many of the complicated procedures associated with other conventional cancer therapies were minimised or eliminated by the CyberKnife system. Dr. T.P. Bharadwaj, haematologist, Apollo Hospitals, also participated and spoke about common blood diseases and cancer.
He said about 50 per cent of the Indian population was affected by anaemia. Pointing out that one-third of children of school-going age were anaemic, he said.
“Although Iron density in boys and girls was similar, the lower food intake by adolescent girls compared to boys, combined with menstrual losses, causes adolescent girls to be at great risk of iron-deficiency anaemia.” Dr. Bharadwaj also said that about 70 per cent of women suffered anaemia during pregnancy, which was caused by poor dietary intake of iron and other reasons.
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