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Forest office officials 100 logs of red sandalwood seized
Forest office officials confiscated an abandoned van laden with 100 logs of natural red sandalwood weighing four tonnes at Pillayarchatram , near Kancheepuram, in the early hours of Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off received by district forest head, Nihar Ranjan, a team led by forest range officer T V Jeyachandran, identified the culprit vehicle and followed it in an attempt to arrest the driver and his helper.
“But both of them made good their escape because we were driving half a km behind them, and the heavy traffic slowed down our progress.” Nihar Ranja denied rumors that shots were fired at the vehicle, but the rear wheel of the van was flattened during the 20-km hot chase.
Over 700 people from Kancheepuram free eye camp
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Health, Kancheepuram, Other, Public, function, hospital, programme on February 23rd, 2010
Over 700 people from Kancheepuram and neighbouring villages participated at a free eye camp conducted by Larsen & Toubro in association with Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry and PRAYAS Trust (L&T’s Ladies Social Welfare Group) at Pachaiyappas school, Kancheepuram on 20 February.
According to a press release, a team of doctors and paramedical staff under the guidance of Dr Krishna Kumar screened the patients.
L&T provided spectacles to 300 patients at the camp. Also, 120 cases who needed surgical intervention were taken to Aravind Eye Hospital for cataract surgery which will be done free of cost.
Commending the initiatives of L&T, A Nambirajan, District Revenue Officer, Kancheepuram and other dignitaries said that many more such camps are required to benefit the rural sector.
Dr A P Sabitha Devi, Joint Director – Public Health, D R Ray, executive vice-president, L&T (ECC Division), R Nagarajan, in-charge – L&T engineering workshop, Dr Krishna Kumar, Aravind Eye Hospital and P Rajaguru, headmaster, Pachaiyappas School participated.
MDMK and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi hold public meeting
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Culture, Health, Kancheepuram, Other, Politics, Public, meeting on February 5th, 2010
MDMK and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi today said they would hold public meetings every day to highlight the ‘plight’ of the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees lodged in Chengalpattu and in other special camps all over the state.
Earlier, the partymen thronged the camp demanding that they be let in to see the conditions inside and alleged police excesses against inmates.
They later dispersed when they were denied permission.
Police said some 37 inmates had climbed atop a tree on February 3 demanding that they be sent back to Sri Lanka.
Some had closed the gates with two policemen inside,police said, adding, the inmates attacked them and two police men were injured.Fifteen inmates were taken into custody and lodged in the Vellore prison,
In a daring incident prevent the gang from breaking open the lock during the robbery in temple
In a daring incident, a group of unidentified men gained entry into an Amman temple by breaking open the lock of the entrance gate and stolen jewellery worth seven sovereign, besides uprooting the hundial at Thirumangalam village in Kancheepuram district in the wee hours of today.
Moreover, the lone watchman keeping vigil before the temple gate was assaulted by the iron rod when he tried to prevent the gang from breaking open the lock during the robbery.
According to police, Subramani (40) used to sleep on the temple verandah during night. Hearing the loud noise of iron rods trying to break open the locked gate of the temple at around 12.30 am, he woke and tried to prevent the gang from entering the temple premises. However, one of the culprits struck the watchman with iron rod and he fell down in a pool of blood and died on the spot. Following this murder, the gang entered the sanctum and relieved a gold chain worth seven sovereign from the neck of the main deity and also took away the two-and-half feet high hundial.
This morning villagers were shocked to find Subramani lying dead at the temple and informed the police station at Sunguvarchathram. Hearing the temple robbery and murder, DSP Balasubramanian, Sunguvarchathram inspector Mohan and Sriperumbudur inspector John Victor rushed to the Amman temple and inspected the crime scene.
Fingerprint experts and sniffer dogs were pressed into service. Police had sent the body of Subramani to the Government Hospital at Sriperumbudur for post-mortem. The victim, a daily-wage earner, is survived by wife and two children.
Sunguvarchathram Police have registered a case and further investigation is on. Following the temple robbery cum murder, tension gripped the villagers at Thirumangalam.
VAO and 3 others were arrested for selling land mutt property
Posted by ganesh in Bribery, Kancheepuram, Other, Raid, government, illegal, police on December 24th, 2009
A Village Administrative Officer (VAO) and three others were arrested tonight for selling land mutt property worth Rs 1.50 crore for Rs ten lakh using fake documents and impersonation.
Police said following a complaint from Uttarathi Sri Vaishnava Mutt Manager Manoj Kumar, police arrested Sriperumbudur VAO Rajendran (51), his son Delhi Raja, Neelam Kumari (19) and Vijayan (28).
They were arrested for faking documents and using impersonation for transferring mutt property, comprising a two-storey building in Sriperumbudur worth Rs 1.50 crore, in the names of VAO, his wife Dhanalakshmi and son Delhi Raja for Rs ten lakh.
The police are now searching for Mutt Functionary Ram Sankar Sarma (48), his brother Mannar Sarma (19) and VAO’s wife Dhalakshmi in connection with the case.
Reviving the satellite city project to ease congestion in Chennai surfaced help in hints at Stalin
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Information Technology (IT), Kancheepuram, Politics, government, programme on December 10th, 2009
The question of reviving the satellite city project to ease congestion in Chennai surfaced again, when Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin hinted that he would help in fulfilling the demands of elected representatives.
Responding to a plea from Kancheepuram MP P.Viswanathan at a function held at Aathur near Achirapakkam to mark the inauguration of ‘Periyar Ninaivu Samathuvapuram’ on Wednesday, Mr. Stalin said that he would strive hard to get the requests granted, put forth by the MP and Achirapakkam MLA Sankari Narayanan.
Stating that commuting from and within Chennai was becoming difficult because of the increasing population and vehicles, Mr. Viswanathan said that a satellite city should be developed on the lines of those near Mumbai and New Delhi. Addressing the gathering, Mr. Stalin said that the women SHG concept had turned into a massive movement.
He distributed revolving funds and direct loans totalling Rs.27.27 crore to 3,556 women SHGs, free house-site ‘pattas’ to 2,849 families, financial and material assistance to 2,006 persons under various welfare schemes and laid stones for construction of school buildings, office building and a public distribution shop.
Broadly welcomed a government order (GO) for setting up a district court
Posted by ganesh in Court, Departments, Kancheepuram, Others, Public, function on December 10th, 2009
Lawyers, leaders of political parties and members of the public today broadly welcomed a government order (GO) for setting up a district court here.
Kancheepuram Advocates Association President R Abdul Hakim thanked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin among others for the GO.
For long, various sections of the public, political parties and advocates associations had been demanding a district court here.
Till now, the cases were handled by the court at Chengalpet. The government finally passed the GO paving the way for a district court here.
The State government. Sanctioning Rs. 17.15 crore for 17 developmental works in Kancheepuram
Posted by ganesh in Departments, Kancheepuram, Others, Transport, government on December 8th, 2009
The State government has issued an order, sanctioning Rs. 17.15 crore for 17 developmental works to be taken up in Kancheepuram town, the native place of former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai.
This follows the announcement of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi at the valedictory of the centenary celebration of the former Chief Minister in September.
Improvements to a stretch of the Singaperumalkoil-Arakkonam-Tiruvallur road for Rs. 3.7 crore; provision of a new park in Katchabeeswarar Nagar (Rs. 2.5 crore); construction of storm water drains and widening of the railway road (Rs. 4.2 crore); a flood protection wall in Manjalneer Channel at Okkapiranthan Kulam (Rs. 1.93 crore) and building a swimming pool and providing improvements to district sports stadium in Kancheepuram (Rs. 1.3 crore) are among the works approved by the government.
The order, issued by the Municipal Administration and Water Supply department on Saturday, assigned different works to different departments and local bodies. For instance, the Highways department is to carry out the improvement works to the Singaperumalkoil-Arakkonam-Tiruvallur road while it is the responsibility of the MAWS department to form a park at Katchabeeswarar Nagar in the temple town. The order stated that all the works should be taken up immediately and completed by April.
As gold ‘glitters’ impacted the prices of silk sarees woven in this silk paradise.
Posted by ganesh in Departments, Kancheepuram, Public, businesses on December 5th, 2009
The skyrocketing prices of gold in the world market has impacted the prices of silk sarees woven in this silk paradise.
A decade ago, the price of gold was 300 dollars an ounce. Now, it cost over 1,200 dollar and expected to cross the 1,300 dollar mark.
This silk capital is bearing the brunt of the huge rise in the price of gold which is used making ‘zari’ for weaving exquisite silk sarees that are a pre-requisite for any wedding or auspicious occasion in India.
Silk sarees from this famous temple town can be seen adorning the rich and famous across the world.
No wedding can be complete without the customary silk saree for the bride, especially in South India.
However, with gold prices zooming, zari (golden thread) had turned expensive.
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