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TN govt has paid Rs 484 crore to Hospitals for performing surgeries
Posted by ganesh in Health, Information, Public, budget, function, government, hospital, programme, tamilnadu on August 30th, 2010
Tamil Nadu government has paid Rs 484 crore to Hospitals for performing surgeries under the ‘Kalaingar Health Insurance Scheme’.
Disclosing this on the occasion of the first anniversary of the scheme here last night,State Health Minister M.R.K.
Panneerselvam said it had benefitted 1.8 lakh people.
The smart card under the scheme had been disbursed to 1.3 crore people.The Government had allocated Rs.1000-crore for construction of additional buildings and renovation of Hospitals.Besides Rs.600-crore had been allocated for purchase of equipment.
Tsunami alert issued triggered tension among in chennai
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Departments, Health, Information, Other, government, illegal, police, programme on May 10th, 2010
A tsunami alert issued by Tamil Nadu government officials on Sunday triggered tension among those living along the coast. Their anxiety came to an end only after the authorities withdrew it later in the day.
The alert was issued after an earthquake off the Indonesian coast in the morning, and fishermen were advised not to venture into the sea. Police cleared the beaches, turning back thousands of visitors.
A bulletin issued by the Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, said the earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale off the west coast of northern Sumatra around 11.30 in the morning.
But as the day progressed without incident, the advisory was withdrawn later in the afternoon. As a result of the alert in Chennai, the ‘Kodai Thiruvizha’ organised by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation on Island Grounds attracted thousands of visitors as beachgoers were turned back by the police.
Free birth certificates for their children below 5 years in April and May
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Health, Home, Information, Public, Survey, government, programme, tamilnadu on April 27th, 2010
The Tamil Nadu government has appealed to the public to avail of a scheme to get free birth certificates for their children below five years in April and May.
In a release, Principal Secretary for Health Department V K Subburaj said that since 2009 the authorities were furnishing free birth certificates during these two months at all registration centres.
As many as 77,691 children got their certificates during this drive last year, he said.
Allegation of “deviating” from the original plan on the Hogenakkal water project
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Court, Departments, Dharmapuri, Health, Information, Other, Water, competition, government on April 23rd, 2010
Tamil Nadu government today refuted Karnataka’s allegation of “deviating” from the original plan on the Hogenakkal water project, saying it stuck to the plan and there was no truth in the charge of the state drawing excess water than the permitted level.
“There is no plan to draw 1.7 tmc or 2.5 tmc of water as alleged by Karnataka Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai. nstead we are sticking to the Centre-sanctioned original plan of drawing 1.4 tmc only,” Deputy Chief Minister M. K. Stalin informed the State Assembly.
Responding to KP Anbazhagan (AIADMK), who raised the issue, Mr. Stalin, who also holds the Municipal Administration and Water Supply portfolio, denied violation of any sorts, including the location of the project.
Promising to complete the project, which envisages providing drinking water supply to Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts, well ahead of the schedule of 2012, Stalin said he will give further explanation on the contentious issue while replying to the debate on grants,scheduled for Monday.
Karnataka, at loggerheads with Tamil Nadu on the vexed Cauvery water sharing dispute, had alleged deviation by Tamil Nadu from the original plan regarding the Rs 1334 crore Japanese-funded project. Bommai had said his state was mulling legal action against its neighbour.
TN govt considering the proposal to demolish high-rise buildings around Temple
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Health, Information, Madurai, Other, Public, Temples, government, programme on April 22nd, 2010
The Tamil Nadu government is considering the proposal to demolish high-rise buildings around the Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple here in the wake of the threat perception,District Collector C.Kamaraj said today.
Central and state intelligence officials had cautioned that high-rise buildings would pose a threat to the security of the temple and the district administration had forwarded the proposal.Besides the city had been declared as a Heritage town,and there was also a ban on high-rise buildings under Heritage town norms,he said.
The Collector, who visited the temple to inspect the arrangements for the Celestial wedding on April 25, said tight security would be maintained during the event.
J. Jayalalithaa has urged the government to consider the opposition parties
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Information, Other, Water, competition, dam reports, government, tamilnadu on April 22nd, 2010
Describing the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government’s actions on river water disputes as detrimental to the state’s interests, AIADMK General Secretary J. Jayalalithaa has urged the government to consider the opposition parties’ views.
Referring to the government’s decision Wednesday to nominate retired Supreme Court Justice A.R. Lakshmanan to the apex court-constituted five-member committee on the safety of Mullaperiyar dam, Jayalalithaa said Thursday the delay in doing so has benefited Kerala.
Jayalalithaa said the initial rejection of the five-member committee by the government and the belated nomination of a member to the panel has further delayed the case involving Kerala. “The government should consult the opposition parties on important issues affecting the state,” she said.
With the Supreme Court rejecting the government’s “recall petition” – a plea to recall the court’s decision to constitute a five-member committee, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Wednesday announced the government’s decision to nominate a member.
Earlier, when the DMK party’s general council passed a resolution to boycott the committee and the government did not nominate a member, Jayalalithaa had warned that the decision may prove costly for the state.
On Thursday, she recalled her warning that in a case filed by the Tamil Nadu government the absence of a state’s representative in the committee would strengthen Kerala’s position.
Kerala and Tamil Nadu have been at loggerheads over the Mullaperiyar dam built under an agreement signed in 1886 between the then Maharaja of Travancore and the British administration.
While the dam is located in Kerala’s Idukki district, it serves Tamil Nadu. Both the states were carved on linguistic basis in 1956 during reorganisation of states after Independence.
In recent years, Tamil Nadu has demanded that the storage capacity of the dam be increased by raising its height from 136 feet (41.5 metre) to 142 feet (43 metre) to meet the increasing water demand for irrigation.
In 2006, the Supreme Court gave its order in favour of Tamil Nadu to raise the storage levels in February 2006, the Kerala government passed a law effectively nullifying the judgment in March that year.
Opposing the Kerala law, Tamil Nadu filed a case in the Supreme Court in 2006, which the court, after hearing for nearly three years, referred to a five-member constitution bench.
The bench decided to form a five-member committee headed by former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand. The court asked both Tamil Nadu and Kerala to nominate one technical expert each to the panel, while the central government was told to nominate two technical experts.
TN govt allocated Rs 1,000 crore project envisaging laying of roads in 11 cities, including Madurai
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Health, Information, Madurai, Other, PWD, Transport, government, programme, tamilnadu on April 16th, 2010
Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs 1,000 crore for a project envisaging laying of roads of international standard in 11 cities, including Madurai.
Discussions were taking place at various levels to build the roads which would have good lighting facility, footpath, and sign boards, an official release said here today.
A meeting chaired by Tamil Nadu urban finance and infrastructure development corporation advisor M S Srinivasan was held here yesterday to discuss about the proposed project.
Srinivasan said it had been proposed to build 750 km of roads in Madurai. Laying of water pipes and underground cables would be taken up in advance to ensure that there was no digging of the roads for at least five years after the completion of the project.
The roads, the construction of which would begin in another one year, would be maintained by the private agencies for five years.
TN Govt spent Rs 11,000 crore on construction of roads and bridges
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Information, Other, PWD, Transport, government, programme, tamilnadu on April 15th, 2010
Tamil Nadu Government had spent Rs 11,000 crore during the last four years for development and construction of roads and bridges, Highways and Small Ports Minister M P Saminathan said here.
Laying foundation stone for a Rs 12 95 crore flyover last night, he said Rs four thousand crore has been allotted for road developments and construction of bridges during this fiscal , Union Minister of State for Health Gandhiselvan said about 7,000 persons were benefitted in the recently introduced ‘Kalaignar Insurance Scheme’ in Tamil Nadu.
Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages committed 1 million dollars revival of Nemam Lake
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Information, Thiruvarur, Water, businesses, government, programme on April 11th, 2010
Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages today committed more than one million dollars for the revival of the 1000 acre Nemam Lake in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu.
The company would partner with Tamil Nadu government and an NGO, Siruthuli for reviving the lake in a phased manner.
In the first phase, 100 acres of lake would be restored in the next three months with an outlay of 195,000 dollar to be jointly funded by Hindustan Coca-Cola and the state Government.
Revival of the lake in the first phase will create a water recharge capacity in excess of 150,000 kilo litres project to be executed by award winning NGO ‘Siruthuli’, which had restored Noyyal river in Coimbatore.
The lake revival project was launched today with the traditional ground breaking ceremony.
The restoration of the lake would immensely benefit the villagers, solely dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods.
Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi said the project would ensure better water availability for domestic and irrigation purposes in the area and would be the right model to demonstrate the virtues of public-private-people partnerships for water conservation and livelihood projects.
TN government would follow the guidelines of Madras High Court
Posted by ganesh in Assembly, Chennai, Court, Departments, Information, Other on April 5th, 2010
Tamil Nadu government would follow the guidelines of Madras High Court in setting up new court buildings in the state and frequent agitations by lawyers for court complexes were unfair, law minister Durai Murugan said in the state Assembly.
“Tamil Nadu government cannot directly construct any new court premises. It would only follow instructions and guidelines of the high court to establish a court”, law minister Durai Murugan said.
Referring to frequent agitations by lawyers requesting to construct new court buildings in their respective region, he said it was unfair to go in for such agitations since the state government could not decide itself on setting up new court buildings wherever it is required. It could only follow the high court guidelines and set up court complexes according to the financial position.
“Like never before, this government has accorded sanction for construction of court buildings and quarters for the presiding officers at an estimated cost of more than Rs200 crore so far drawing praise from the judges of the Supreme Court as well as the justices of the high courts of other states”, he said. A sum of about Rs500 crore has been allocated for administration of justice this year,
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