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supplementary, released electoral roll for Pennagaram assembly
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Dharmapuri, Information, Political, Politics, Public, competition, election, government, programme on March 11th, 2010
The supplementary electoral roll for Pennagaram assembly constituency, going to byelection on March 27, was released today.
Releasing it, District Election Officer cum Collector P Amudha said as per the roll the total electorate was 2,01,008 comprising 1,02,892 men voters and 98,116 women voters.
In the draft roll released on January 5, the total electorate was 1,79,536 which went up to 1,98,525 in the supplementary draft roll-1.
The process of inclusion and deletion was carried out as per record and no suo motto deletion was done by the Election Department, she stated.
Amudha also said applications for inclusion were received upto Mar 2 and verification was done till March 9.
She also said 47 cases had been registered for violation of model code of conduct — 22 against DMK, 18 against PMK, four against AIADMK and others three.
In view of demand by political parties, the number of check posts had been increased in the constituency.
She said there was no partiality in screening vehicles passing through the check posts.
Five companies of CRPF had been requisitioned for poll duty, she said.
Meanwhile, Revenue and police teams seized 400 sarees and 300 dhoties stored in a farmer`s house in Thinnabellur last night. – Agencies
Different strokes by judge, ex-VC on Tamil
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Other, function on January 4th, 2010
An innocuous book release function turned into a forum for an interesting debate on whether Tamil or English should be the medium of instruction in schools, with a high court judge backing the mother tongue and a former vice-chancellor of the Tamil University rooting for English.
While presiding over the function where two English books titled Tirukkural Ethics for Humanity and Tirukkural Tenets for Right Living were released, Justice D Hari Paranthaman of the Madras High Court raised concerns over the lack of interest among Tamils in learning their mother tongue. He said students in the State could pass out from schools without learning Tamil. “Tamil is rejected in Tamil Nadu as a medium of instruction,” he said.
Of late, he said, the essence of the Tamil language was being diluted with the inclusion of more number of English words in it, apart from Sanskrit, and called on scholars to take steps to cleanse Tamil of its impurities. “The past generation was thinking in Tamil and wrote in English. But the present generation thinks and writes only in English,” he rued.
However, Avvai Natarajan, former vice-chancellor of the Tamil University, took everyone by surprise by extending his support for English. He argued that English was a link language between people from various regions in the country. Natarajan is also the vice-chairperson of a five-member seminar organising committee set up for the World Classical Tamil Conference.
Later, Erode Tamilanban, a renowned Tamil poet, echoed Natarajan.
He is part of the reception committee for the World Tamil meet.
Carnatic music Venkataramana Bhagavatar stamp released in madurai
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Culture, Departments, Information, Madurai, anniversary, function, meeting, programme on December 26th, 2009
A commemorative stamp on Carnatic music exponent Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar, who was one of the principal disciples of Tyagaraja, will be released here by Union Minister for Information Technology and Communications A. Raja, and the first set of stamps will be received by Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers M.K. Alagiri.
The event, scheduled for Sunday, is organised by Walajapet Srimath Venkat Ramana Bhagavatha Seva Samajam, Madurai, at Sourashtra Higher Secondary School. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, A.G.S.Ram Babu former MP and president of the Samajam, said that Venkataramana Bhagavatar was committed to music and dedicated to his guru. “It was a demand that was made during the 80’s when G.K. Moopanar and A.G.Subburaman were trying hard but somehow it became a reality only after the intervention of Mr.Alagiri.”
He also thanked Mr. Raja and Union Minister for Shipping G.K.Vasan, who along with Mr. Alagiri, took the matter with Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi. The stamp would be in the denomination of Rs.5 and a special cover for Rs.2 will also be sold at the venue. A website, www.venkatramanabhagavadar.org, would also be launched.
An exhibition displaying his Veena, palm leaf manuscripts and ‘padhugai’ would also be organised.
Irrigation water to be released in Tiruchi
TIRUCHI:
Water for irrigation in the Uyyakondan river would be released from Monday onwards following the erection of some crucial piers for an aqueduct being constructed at the Puthur weir in the city.
Water release has been suspended in the river for the past three months to facilitate execution of this vital component and the construction of retaining walls along the river under the Rs.253-crore flood control project. The river has a total ayacut of about 36,000 acres and farmers dependent on it were expected to go in for samba cultivation.
According to Public Works Department officials, eight crucial piers for the aqueduct have been built. “The piers at the entry and exit points of the aqueduct have been erected paving the way for the release of water. Work on the other piers could go on as they were outside the river,” said K. K. Palanisamy, Executive Engineer, PWD, River Conservation Division.
Mr. Palanisamy and other officials briefed Collector T. Soundiah, who inspected the progress of the flood control project works in various parts of the district on Friday.
The aqueduct would carry the flow in the Uyyakondan River by-passing the Puthur Weir and thereby help control the flow of the flood discharges from the Koraiyar into the Kudamuritti river. It would do away with the need to put up temporary ‘turfing’ at the Puthur weir every year to regulate the flow in the Uyyakondan river.
The confluence of the Koraiyur and Uyyakondan, from where the Kudamuritti river originates, often witnesses a huge surge of floods during the monsoon. The Kudamuritti has carried over 25,000 cusecs of water during floods in recent years against its capacity of less than 8,000 cusecs inundating low-lying residential colonies. The aqueduct was expected to help avert this problem as it would prevent water heading up at the Puthur weir. The structure would run for a distance of about 360 metres over 36 piers. The duct, with a capacity to carry about 600 cusecs of water, would be built of box culverts above which inspection vehicles could run. The aqueduct and other improvement works at the weir were taken up at a cost of Rs.7.80 crore. An underground tunnel has been built across the Uyyakondan river to let out the flood discharge from Kollankulam channel and residential areas Edamalaipattipudur, Karumandapam and New Selva Nagar areas directly into Kudamuritti river. Retaining walls were also built along the Uyyakondan river in the city stretch.
The PWD has planned to complete the aqueduct and other improvement works on the Uyyakondan river by the next closure period in the summer of 2010.
Work on widening of the Kudamuritti river is expected to commence soon. The land required for widening the river has been identified. The land value has been fixed and sent to the government for approval, Mr. Soundiah said.
ACP released in Nagercoil
NAGERCOIL:
Collector Rajendra Ratnoo on Thursday released the Annual Credit Plan for 2009-2010 for the district that envisaged a credit outflow of Rs. 1,560.31 crore. Senior Regional Manager, IOB, N. Swaminathan received the first copy. While the predominant activity of the district, agriculture, will receive Rs. 1,063.03 crore, service sector will receive Rs. 371.83 crore. For the industries sector, the allocation is Rs. 125.45 crore. Project Officer, Mahalir Thittam, S. Deivanayagi, Lead District Manager P. Chandrasekaran and others participated.
CD on short film on swine flu awareness released in Dindigul
DINDIGUL:
Cleanliness and simple preventive measures were the keys to stop spreading of diseases, including swine flu, and keep the society clean and healthy.
A CD containing a short film on swine flu awareness developed by the Department of Health Services tutored these things to people.
‘Be a hero’ was the title for this short film.
First part of the film explained the importance of hand washing. Second part advised that persons who have cough should cover their mouth to prevent spreading of germs in the air and the third part elaborated that persons having swine flue should be left alone.
In this piece, a student who was sitting alone inside a house will wave his towards other children playing in the playground.
This awareness CD will be screened in all cinemas before main film and broadcast through cable television channels in the district immediately.
Department of Public Relations officials will screen the film at villages through their video campaign vans.
Collector M. Vallalar released the CD in the presence of Joint Director of Health Service T. Jayabal and Deputy Director of Health Service A. Jagadeesh Kumar here on Saturday.
21 released by srilankan court fishermen return safly to mandapam
Posted by sugan in ramanathapuram on July 23rd, 2009
A Coast guard vessel bringing the fishermen, who were released by a Sri Lankan court, to Mandapam on Wednesday
RAMANATHAPURAM:
Sri Lanka on Wednesday repatriated 21 Indian fishermen, who were released by a Mannar court on July 13.
The fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on July 4 for allegedly violating the maritime rules.
A Sri Lankan Naval Ship handed over them to ‘Aruna Asaf Ali,’ an Indian Coast Guard ship at the International maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). It also formally handed over five mechanised boats with their nets. The fishermen belong to Rameswaram, Pamban and Thangatchimadam areas.
Commandant Sriman Narayanan, Commanding Officer, ‘Aruna Asaf Ali,’ escorted them to the Coast Guard station at Mandapam.
Commandant K. Janardhanan, Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Station, Mandapam, Commandant S.B. Venkatesh, fishermen’s leaders and their relatives received them at the jetty.
On arrival, intelligence and security agencies jointly interrogated them on the circumstances that led to their arrest.
Later, they were handed over to T. Elamvazhuthi, Assistant Director of Fisheries, Rameswaram, for further action.
M. Alex Pandian (26) of Kilakadu in Rameswaram, one of the released fishermen told The Hindu that though they were near Dhanushkodi, Sri Lankan naval personnel took them in their custody, stating that they were in the Sri Lankan waters. They spent eight days in jail at Anuradhapura. After their release, they stayed in a church in Mannar for eight days under the control of Sri Lankan Navy.
A fisherman, S. Mekkan (20) of Thangatchimadam, claimed that though they did not get food and basic facilities during the detention period, they were treated well after their release.
The Sri Lankan Navy provided them food and water regularly.
798 noon meal workers held, released krishnagiri in tamilnadu
Posted by sugan in Krishnagiri on July 9th, 2009
KRISHNAGIRI/DHARMAPURI:
About 798 noon meal employees were arrested in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts on Wednesday when they resorted to protests in support of their demands. They were later released.
In Krishnagiri, 538 employees were arrested when they staged a protest in front of the collectorate on the Bangalore-Chennai National Highway as part of a State-wide agitation called by the Tamil Nadu Noon Meal Employees Association. Traffic on the NH was affected for more than an hour owing to the agitation.
Their demands included regular employment, implementation of time scale pay, extension of pension and family pension benefits etc.
District President of the Association R. Srinivasan presided over the agitation in Krishnagiri. Its State Vice President R. Durai inaugurated the agitation. Mr. Srinivasan said the agitation will continue for another two days.
In Dharmapuri, 260 noon meal workers were arrested when they laid seize to the collectorate and squatted on the road.
District President of the Association A. Mani presided over the agitation.
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