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Expelled CPI(M) MLA C Govindasamy today joined the ruling DMK
Expelled CPI(M) MLA C Govindasamy today joined the ruling DMK along with his supporters.
Govindasamy, representing the hosiery town of Tirupur, joined DMK in the presence of party president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin at the party headquarters ‘Anna Arivalayam’ here.
He arrived here along with about 20,000 of his supporters from his constituency, party sources said.
Govindasamy was expelled from CPI-M last month for organising a function to felicitate the DMK Government for various development projects in his constituency despite a party directive against it.
Indefinite Strike enters fifth day; decided to observe one day fast tomorrow
Posted by ganesh in Departments, Tirupur, businesses, illegal, programme, strike on December 30th, 2009
The indefinite strike by the dyers at nearby Tirupur,over the issue of demanding grant for setting up common effluent treatment plants, entered the fifth day today.
Owners of nearly 700 dyeing units have decided to observe one-day fast tomorrow, to exert pressure on both Centre and State governments.
According to Dyers Association of Tirupur sources (DAT) production loss during the strike period could be around rs.50 crore. Sources in the Tirupur Exporters Association claimed since majority of exporters were either having their own dyeing units or get it done from nearby Perundurai or Erode district, there was not much loss for garment manufacturers.
Moreover,many manufacturers also outsourced dyed fabrics, putting less pressure on the production, they said, adding small exporters and hosiery manufacturers might have been affected due to the strike.
As there was no ‘proper response’ from Tamil Nadu government to find an amicable solution to the issue,the dyers decided to observe one day token hunger strike,the sources said.
500 dyeing units in nearby Tirupur began an indefinite strike
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Public, Tirupur, businesses, illegal, strike on December 26th, 2009
Over 500 dyeing units in nearby Tirupur began an indefinite strike today, protesting against the “failure” of both the Centre and State Governments to provide grant to offset the capital expenditure incurred to set up Common Effluent Treatment Plants.
The Dyers Association of Tirupur, which called for the strike, claimed that the units would not be able to continue operations due to financial crunch. It said about five lakh workers, including those in the knitwear industry cluster in and around Tirupur, would be seriously affected if no steps are taken to mitigate their problems.
The units had set up 20 plants, with zero liquid discharge facility, at a cost of Rs 800 crore by borrowing from banks and financial institutions and are demanding that these governments give them grants to meet capital expenditure needs
The Supreme Court had also imposed a fine of about Rs 40 crore on them for polluting Noyyal river and for cleaning Orathapallam Dam, which bore the brunt of effluent discharge.
Meanwhile, Tirupur Exporters’ Association urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and union textile minister Dayanidhi Maran to intervene to resolve the crisis being faced by the knitwear cluster, due to the indefinite strike.
Exporters would be severely hit by the strike and they may lose orders and buyers
Highways and Minor Ports M P Saminathan inaugurating a new six fair price shop at Tirupur
Posted by ganesh in Departments, Public, Tirupur, government, programme on December 8th, 2009
Minister for Highways and Minor Ports M P Saminathan inaugurating a new fair price shop at Rayapuram in Tirupur
Minister for Highways and Minor Ports M. P. Saminathan inaugurated as many as six fair price shops in the district recently in an attempt to improve speedy distribution of essential commodities.
Official sources said that the outlets would be operated by co-operative societies.
The shops opened, with the number of ration cards attached to it given in the brackets, were located at Kaikatti Pudur (833), VOC Colony in Avinashi (1,000), Rayapuram Main Road in the city (821), Thirumalai Nagar (1,652), A V P Layout in Avinashi (794) and Neruparichal (806).
Bifurcation soon
Collectorate sources said that these shops were set up by regrouping consumers from a total of eight fair price shops which had more than 2,000 ration cards under its control.
Three more Fair Price Shops identified in the city with more than 2,000 cards under its fold would be bifurcated soon.
Sources added that during the next phase, shops with more than 1,500 family cards would be branched out to further ease the congestion.
Collector C. Samayamoorthy, District Supply Officer O. Raman Pillai and Tirupur MLA C Govindasamy, were present at the function.
worm infestation detected on maize crops in various parts worrying farmers
Posted by ganesh in Agriculture, Departments, Tirupur, illegal, programme on December 4th, 2009
An ant samples corn kept for sale. Farmers in Tirupur, are frustrated by repeated worm infestations which could cause serious loss
Widespread worm infestation detected on maize crops in various parts of the district, threatening large scale loss in the yield, is causing concern among the farming fraternity.
The outbreak was mainly traced on ‘standing maize crop’ in Pethappampatti, Udumalpet and Madathukulam areas.
Of the total 22,000 acre brought under maize cultivation in these areas this season, about 200 acres have already come under the worm attack.
A team of experts from the Department of Agriculture, who had visited the affected areas recently identified the creature as ‘helicoverba armigera’.
“This worm mainly attacks cotton and maize,” Assistant Director of Agriculture S. Tom Sailesh told The Hindu.
According to Dr. Sailesh, the worm infestation will not be causing much economical loss since it attacked mainly the fully grown and matured corncobs in maize plants.
“As the worms feed only on the milky portion of the cobs, about 90 per cent portion of fully grown cobs are remaining intact, thus, avoiding huge losses to the farmers,” he said.
But in the case of younger corncobs in the milky stage, the attack could destroy the produce fully over the next few days.
“To kill the worms, the farmers were being advised by the agriculture experts to spray chloripyriphos mixed in water at the ratio of 2 ml: one litre or endo sulphur diluted in water at 5 ml: one litre on the affected areas.
E. I. Jonathan, Director of Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, said that as preventive measure, farmers should adopt ‘summer ploughing’ techniques, which would kill the eggs of the worm laid on the wet soil, and also crop rotation every season.
Bomb hoax at Tirupur Railway station
An anonymous call claiming that a bomb would go off in the railway station at the nearby hosiery town of Tirupur on Monday night turned out to be a hoax.
The call received at the Tirupur police control room around midnight yesterday had claimed that a bomb had been planted in the railway station and would explode any time.
Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad from Erode carried out a search at the station, but no explosives were found.
Tirupur School students try hands at recycling waste them about garbage lying collected
Students produced five kg manure from 50 kg of waste
Public can inform them about garbage lying uncollected
Young scientists Students of Frontline Academy Matriculation HSS in Tirupur displaying the compost unit developed.
Tirupur: A group of students at Frontline Academy Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Tirupur has carved a niche for themselves by producing chalks from egg shells and converting wastes into organic manure using ‘effective microbial solution’.
D. Ramya, a Plus One student and leader of the ‘young scientists’ team, told The Hindu that the inventions titled ‘Wealth from waste’, were aimed at recycling the rubbish into useful products and thereby prevent environmental degradation.
The other members of the team included Ramya’s classmates B. Nithya, G. Salini, A Karthick and D. Thoufeeq.
Chalk powder
Explaining the technique of converting egg shells into chalks, Ramya said that shells, collected from hostel kitchen, were washed, dried and then crushed into a powdered form.
“Rice flour and diluted adhesives as binding agent are then added to the powder before drying the mixture in a test tube for two days to get chalk powder,” she said.
According to her, calcium content in the egg shells have been utilised to the optimum for converting into chalks.
Compost yard
Regarding the composting unit they have developed, she said that the concept was formulated after seeing the misery of city residents owing to poor waste management practices followed by authorities concerned.
In the unit, garbage collected is first laid in rows before adding a specially prepared ‘effective microbial’ solution.
To activate the microbes in the solution, a mixture of jaggery and water is added and the solution is kept in an airtight plastic can.
“The lid of the can is opened everyday for seven days to release the gas formed inside,” Ramya said.
The solution thus made and added to the garbage will also ensure that smell and flies are kept at a distance besides composting it into good quality manure.
Community College in Tirupur soon
Posted by Admin Madurai Tamilnadu India in Education, Tirupur on September 11th, 2009
Community College in Tirupur soon
Colleges were opened through an
industry-institution collaboration
Centre to focus on skill development
Tirupur: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will set up at least one Community College in each of the 500-odd districts in the country before 2011-2012, according to National Expert Committee on Community Colleges (NECCC) member M. Shanmugam.
Labour force
Mr. Shanmugam, who is also the Regional Director of IGNOU, told reporters here that the Community Colleges were being opened through an industry-institution collaborative programme with an aim of generating skilled manpower for the labour intensive sectors during the 11th Five Year Plan period.
“At present, only five percent of the labour force in the country between 20 and 24 years of age, have obtained vocational skills through formal means,” he pointed out.
Moreover, just 2.5 million vocational training seats were available across the country whereas 12.8 million enter the labour market every annum.
Mr. Shanmugam said that the formal inauguration of the Community College started by IGNOU along with Shakthi Medical Trust in Tirupur a few days ago, would be held very soon.
“We have commenced two-year associate degree programmes at the Tirupur centre and an open-access admission policy is being followed,” he said.
S. Appusamy, chairman of the Community College in Tirupur, said that the centre would focus more on skill development of the workforce employed in the predominant garment sector
Tirupur division of The New India Assurance Company Limited goes online
TIRUPUR:
The Tirupur division of The New India Assurance Company Limited has gone online on Tuesday to provide better customer service.
Vehicle policies
N. Venkatesan, Senior Divisional Manager, NIACL, told journalists that as a starter, processing of motor vehicle policy documents, that constitute two-thirds of the total volume of documents handled in the division, had been made online under the Centralised Web-based Insurance System Solution (CWISS).
“We are processing about 100 motor vehicle policies on an average a day in the division, while the documents pertaining to fire and miscellaneous policies together constitute only one-third of it,” he said.
The Tata Consultancy Services-supported CWISS had been linked to the main server at Thane in Maharastra so as to enable the access of documents from anywhere.
More features
Mr. Venkatesan said that during the next phase, login provisions would be incorporated into the online system to help the policy holders and agents update/renew the policies from their respective homes and offices itself.
Dedicated offices
To give value-addition to the services, NIACL had set plans to open dedicated offices to target bank assurance business, automobile dealer tie-ups and corporate claims in the Coimbatore region.
“This initiative will be carried out under ‘Project New Energy’ scheme conceptualised to handle market challenges in the future,” he said.
Turnover
Mr. Venkatesan said that the Tirupur division of NIACL earned Rs. 21 crore as premium during the 2008-09 fiscal with profit standing at Rs. 6 crore.
About 1,500 ha of crops hit in Tirupur district
TIRUPUR:
Agriculture experts are busy implementing latest integrated management techniques in the district to combat the attack of ‘papaya Mealy Bug’, the pest which is fast destroying agriculture, sericulture and horticulture crops.
Financial loss
Official sources told The Hindu that standing crops over 1,500 hectares had already been eaten up by the pest causing enormous financial losses to farmers across the district.
Some of the main crops destroyed by the papaya Mealy bug infestation in the district include papaya, banana, teak, guava, brinjal, tapioaca, ground nut, cotton, mulberry, pulses and jatropha.
‘Swine flu’
Considered metaphorically as the ‘swine flu’ in the agriculture sector’, the papaya Mealy Bug attack has been fast spreading for the last few weeks.
Infested fruit
E.I. Jonathan, Director of Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, said the bug have the ability to migrate either through wind, water or infested fruit.
He said that the farmers who have been worrying over the drop in profit margins owing to high labour costs and lack of adequate support price mechanisms, are now feeling additionally burdened with the losses inflicted by the pest.
Preventive measures
To combat the attack, scientists are recommending the farmers to spray either profenophos mixed with water at a ratio of 2 ml: one litre or chloripyriphos at 2 ml: one litre water, at the pest infected areas.
The fish oil resin soap (FORS) mixed with water at a ratio of 25 gm per litre could also be sprayed twice at an interval of 15 to 20 days, depending on the pest incidence.
Weeds
Besides, the weed host plants like parthenium and trianthema found in and around the cultivable lands should be removed promptly to reduce the chances of attack.
The uprooted weed host plants should not be thrown into water channels to avoid spreading of pests.
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