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Second wife were found squabbling over who will get the body
Even as an RDO enquiry is on in the encounter death of Dindigul Pandi, his kin and his second wife were found squabbling over who will get the body.
Pandi’s realtives exchanged heated arguments outside the Government Royapettah hospital where they were gathered this morning.
They were waiting to claim the body after post-mortem. Following this, police officials are debating over to whom should the body be handed over.
It may be recalled that history-sheeter Dindigul Pandi and his associate Velu were on Monday shot dead by police in an encounter after the duo allegedly hurled country-made bombs and opened fire at them. Police said three policemen were injured in the attack which occurred when they intercepted a car in which the two were travelling near Neelankarai on the city outskirts.
Police said they fired in retaliation in which the two were killed. Pandi, a contract killer always armed with deadly weapons, had taken Rs.3 lakh as advance to murder a businessman, Sankaran Diwakar, of K K Nagar in May last. Six of his associates were arrested in connection with that murder.
Apart from nine other murder cases, Pandi was involved in offences such as kidnap for ransom and criminal intimidation in different parts of the State.
Meanwhile Pandi’s sister Bhuvaneshwari has forwarded a petition to Chief Secretary K S Sripathi and DGP Letika Saran alleging she has suspicion over Pandi’s death and also sought action against those responsible for the encounter death of her brother.
In her peition she is said to have demanded that the bullets and guns to be subjected to forensic test by the authorities concerned.
She also alleged that she came to know about his death only after she came across a footage in a private television channel. And the police refused to even show them the body which was earlier kept at a private hospital in Adyar Pandi father’s Narayanan, mother Tamzhilselvi and her sisters Bhuvaneshwari, Chithra and have come to obtain the body to perform last rites at their native district Sivagangai.
Claiming her rights over Pandi’s body, his second wife Thirumani has alleged that Pandi was staying with her since 1995. ‘Pandi often feared that he would be killed in an encounter,’ she said. Meanwhile Velu’s parents too have come to get his body.
The body will be handed over to his relatives after obtaining the RDO report, police said.
Special training centre for civil service exams will be established in Dindigul to IAS and IPS
Posted by ganesh in College, Communication, Culture, Departments, Dindigul, Education, Information, exicipition, government, programme, student on January 22nd, 2010
A special training centre for civil service exams will be established in Dindigul to encourage IAS and IPS aspirants in the district. These centre will function with the help of higher educational institutions and the government, said Collector M. Valallar.
Inaugurating an exhibition on career guidance and a seminar held at M.V.M. Government Arts College form Women here on Thursday, he said that training to aspirants would be absolutely free.
The prime aim of the district administration was to bring the facilities that were enjoyed by urban students, to rural students also.
Proficiency in English, communication skills and in-depth knowledge in the chosen subjects were essential tools to succeed in the UPSC exams. Wide knowledge in all areas other than chosen subject would be helpful in performing the exams.
Young women should learn to think and do things in a different way. College girls should come out of the society’s vicious circle to see the world and realise problems faced by different sections of the people.
The quest for knowledge should spark in the inner mind and intensive search for it would make you a knowledgeable person, skilled analyser and best trouble shooter.
Every individual woman should aim for higher levels because such tall target alone would tempt you to work hard to reach pinnacle of fame, he said.
It was a wrong notion that gold medallists and university toppers alone would become IAS officers. Hardworking students with excellent analytical skills would reach such a position. Mere registration with the employment exchange alone would not get you jobs. Ambition, perseverance and hard work would take students to any height in your life, said Mr. Vallalar.
green cover by growing a large number of trees will scale down global warming:conference
Posted by ganesh in Agriculture, Communication, Culture, Dindigul, Nature, function, modification, programme on January 13th, 2010
A.K. Rajan, chairman, Coastal Aquaculture Authority, right, releasing a handbook and a CD on climate change at a conference in Dindigul on Tuesday. Nature scientist Nammalvar receives it.
Creation of more green cover by growing a large number of trees will scale down global warming and keep the earth cool and make it an ideal place for all living things; traditional agriculture practices will protect cultivable lands.
These observation were made at the South Regional Environment Conference here on Tuesday. Coastal Aquaculture Authority Chairman A.K. Rajan said that trees were the only viable source to bring down temperature. Degradation of environment and rise in temperature were faster than scientists’ expectations. The poor would be the worst affected.
Rise in temperature by one degree centigrade would force surface-living fish to go 15 metres deep into the sea. Further increase would force them to go deeper and even migrate towards north or south. Such a change would make fishermen’s life miserable creating acute sea food shortage. Natural farming scientist K. Nammazhvar said that human greed was the sole reason for the pathetic conditions prevailing on earth. Drought had gripped 14 districts. Remedy to this crisis was not known. “If you protect trees for three years, it will protect you till death and also your future generations.”
Former Vice-Chancellor of Gandhigram Rural University T. Karunakaran said that decentralisation of production would bring a desirable impact on global warming.
Peace Trust Chairman J. Paul Baskar said that Asian and African countries had realised the impact of global warming but only developed nations refused to take any preventive measures even though they realised the impact.
3 people were killed and 10 others injured when the van in a truck
Three people were killed and ten others, including seven women, were injured when the van in which they were travelling, collided with a truck at Vanchi Odaipatti village, near here, today.
Police said the van, carrying workers of a brick kiln in Ernakulam, was on its way to Dindigul, when the accident occurred.
The deceased were identified as M Karthick (33), P Mohanraj (27) and S Muniappan (45).
The injured were admitted to the Government Hospital here, police added.
Two-hour load shedding may be reduced to one hour per day
Posted by ganesh in Departments, Dindigul, Karaikudi, Other, TNEB, government, meeting, ramanathapuram on December 15th, 2009
All dams and reservoirs are overflowing in the State, owing to the recent rain. Compare to last year, rainfall ratio is much better than this year. Even though there is a sufficient rainfall, why is it that there is electricity scarcity in Tamil Nadu?
The existing two-hour load shedding may be reduced to one hour per day.
S. Thangavel,
Dindigul.
Scrap VAT on generators
Tamil Nadu has been experiencing permanent power cut problems more than a year as there is a permanent load shedding schedule for each and every part of the State for fixed hours.
In these modern days of computer era, every house dependents on electricity, leave alone business places and industries.
Generators and inverters have come to the rescue. To make generators available to the middle class people, the State Government should completely scrap Value Added Tax (VAT) on generators and inverters. The Government should, at the same time, enforce a long-term solution to the power problem.
Asmabagh Anvardeen,
Ramanathapuram.
Electrical crematorium needed
In Paramakudi municipal limit, there is a burial ground near Manjalpattinam. Now, residential colonies have come up near it. When is body is burnt, bad smell emanates, causing health hazard. Will authorities set up an electrical crematorium?
V. Rajendran,
Paramakudi.
Uniform painting for buses
Nowadays, all buses, including moffusel as well as town buses, have different colours of enamel paintings. One cannot, particularly the poor and illiterate, easily locate / identify the town buses among them at bus stand. In other words bus users are put to hardship to distinguish town buses from others. Two decades ago all town buses had aluminium painting throughout the State, which enables the public to easily identify the town buses even at a considerable distance.
K. Somasundaram,
Devakottai.
Dindigul Collector rescues senior citizen
Posted by ganesh in Departments, Dindigul, Health, Public, government, hospital on December 8th, 2009
In what could be termed as a noble gesture, Dindigul Collector M.Vallalar, has ordered distribution of old age pension to a senior citizen who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital here on Saturday.
M.Vallalar who was on an inspection to find out the treatment given to patients who have registered under the Kalaignar Insurance Scheme for Life Saving Treatment met Krishnasamy, 60 of Balasamudiram near Palani Taluk undergoing treatment for knee replacement surgery at a private hospital.
During his interaction with the patient, the Collector came to know that he was abandoned by his two sons and was facing economic hardships so he asked for old age pension. The Collector considering his case gave an order requesting Palani Tahsildar and Tahsildar Distress Relief Scheme to provide him with assistance under the scheme.
M.Ramasamy, Revenue Divisional Officer and Perumal, Tahsildar, Palani Taluk on Monday distributed the order to provide Rs.400 as monthly pension to Mr.Krishnasamy.
Festivals Special train services Madurai to Melmaruvathur
Southern Railway will run Madurai-Melmaruvathur-Madurai special train services to meet the demands of passengers during the pilgrim season.
Train No. ML/14A Madurai-Melmaruvathur special will leave Madurai at 8.30 p.m. on Sunday and Thursday and reach Melmaruvathur at 9 a.m. the next day.
Train No. ML/13A Melmaruvathur-Madurai special will leave Melmaruvathur at 8.45 p.m. on Monday and Friday and reach Madurai at 5.20 a.m. the next day.
The trains will stop at Dindigul, Tiruchi and Villupuram,
special agriculture and agro-processing fair from January 23 to 26
For the first time, a special agriculture and agro-processing fair would be held here from January 23 to 26, said Collector M. Vallalar.
In a release issued here on Sunday, the Collector said that leading agro-based companies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and all departments in Central and State governments and private entrepreneurs would put up stalls.
Seeds, saplings, food products, pet animals, milk products and latest equipment would be on display.
The fair would give details on different types of flower production, tree cultivation, vegetable-and-fruit production, backyard and kitchen gardening, cut flowers, aromatic plants, horticulture, latest technologies in drip irrigation, poly-green houses and advanced farm equipment.
Those interested in booking stalls may contact Personal Assistant to Collector L.S. Kaspar or Agriculture Officer V. Manoharan in person or through the mobile phone number 94433 94826 on or before December 30 for registration,
Dindugal NGOs raise doubts over trust director’s death
Members of various non-governmental organisations in the district, including Social Action Movement, strongly suspected that L. Antonysamy, Director, CEDA Trust, died under mysterious circumstances and demanded proper inquiry to reveal the truth behind it.
Talking to press persons here on Wednesday, a team of representatives of NGOs, led by L. Peter of Real Trust and K. Annadurai, joint organiser, Social Action Movement, said that that a petition demanding detailed probe in connection with his death, was handed over to the Superintendent of Police R. Chinnasamy who in turn forwarded it to the Town Deputy Superintendent of Police K. Ramamurthy for further action.
“We could not find out whether it was a murder or a suicide. The police should investigate and bring out the truth.”
Preliminary enquiry with friends of Mr. Antonysamy revealed that he had received an email belittling his image. It could have upset him, said Mr. Annadurai.Earlier, a majority of NGOs, which took part in a special meeting held in the town, had raised several doubts over his death.
One NGO wanted to know how could a person, who planned to go to Denmark in a day or two and got an appointment with the Chief Minister on Monday, commit suicide.
Another NGO from Udhagamandalam informed that Mr. Antony had asked him to courier two kg of tea to carry with him on Monday.
A staff in Mr. Antony’s office already told these NGOs that he was busy in verifying documents needed for his foreign tour till Saturday evening. “We will not leave this issue. We will even take up the issue to the State-level to bring out the truth,” said some NGOs who sought anonymity.
Five lakh tree saplings would be planted Portia tree in Dindigul
Posted by ganesh in Agriculture, Dindigul on November 20th, 2009
Five lakh tree saplings would be planted in the district next year to regenerate endangered tree species such as Portia tree (poovarasu) which was vanishing from these parts rapidly, said Collector M. Vallalar.
Inaugurating a district-level conference on ‘Global warming and pollution due to plastic usage’ organised by P.S.N.A. College of Engineering and Technology and Exnora International here on Thursday, he said production of saplings, mostly local varieties, had been started. Already 2.5 lakh saplings had been planted this year. Most of the trees were local varieties only. “With global warming and destruction of the environment, we lost several endangered species. We cannot imagine a world without animals and birds,” he said.
Exnora International founder B. Nirmal said that his organisation was planning a new concept, ‘Service Clubs Synergy Coalition (SCSC),’ to improve condition of villages, make them self-sufficient and arrest migration to cities from villages.
“The government will act as the heart, service organisations such as Rotary, Lions and Jaycees, and Indian Red Cross, 5th Pillar, Round Table and Sangamam as ears, nose and mouth, universities and educational institutions as the brain and voluntary organisations as legs and community as the hands for implementation.”
Eight stigmas
To achieve it, eight stigmas — unemployment, illiteracy, lack of quality healthcare, inadequate physical, natural and social environment, absence of scope for individual development, survival problems due to poverty, violation of human rights and monotony in the absence of quality entertainment — should be removed from villages.
These shortcomings could be addressed through generating opportunities in the realms of employment, education, energy, environment, individual development, human rights and entertainment. Pooling in knowledge of through a coalition of like-minded parties at one place would bring about a massive change in other places also. Such measures would benefit the villages as well as cities — migration would stop in villages and slums will vanish from cities.
Other non-governmental organisations may join in any one of these major activities. The SCSC will function from a college as its base in every city or district to serve villages around it. One club may adopt a village in each block to make it a role model.
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