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Ruling DMK & AIADMK to groom their women cadres to fight elections.
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Culture, Departments, Health, Information, Other, Public, competition, government, modification, programme, tamilnadu on March 12th, 2010
Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK and main opposition AIADMK have sprung into action, now that the women’s reservation bill is just a step away from being passed. Both parties have decided to groom their women cadres to fight elections.
The ruling DMK is planning to hold camps across the state to empower its women cadres.
“We plan to train DMK party women in various aspects of governance. We want to groom our party women so that they are ready as and when the 33 percent reservation for women comes into effect,” M. Kanimozhi, party Rajya Sabha member and daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, told IANS.
Tamil Nadu has already reserved 33 percent of seats in local bodies for women and such camps will be useful for DMK cadres, she said, adding that a three-day camp was held in Nilgiri district in October for women party cadre from Coimbatore, Tirupur and Nilgiri districts.
AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa said in a statement issued here Friday: “When the women’s reservation bill becomes law, we will need women of calibre to take up positions in the state legislature and parliament.
“The AIADMK will take the necessary steps towards grooming and developing women of substance for a positive political role in the future.”
The women’s reservation bill was passed in the upper house of parliament, Rajya Sabha, March 9. Now it awaits the nod of Lok Sabha. It will reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women.
Jayalalitha said: “A committee is being constituted to work out the curriculum, training modules and modalities of the training programme for women who will, under this programme, be trained in elocution, basic law, basic financial management and the basics of administration and political science.”
The former chief minister said the AIADMK government under her leadership was instrumental in establishing all women police stations in Tamil Nadu.
“Even a Women’s Commando Unit and an All Women Police Battalion were set up by my government. I issued an order by which the mother’s name could also be used by a person as her or his initials,” Jayalalithaa said.
Citing her government’s decision to introduce a new terminology ‘kudimagal’ (feminine gender) as a synonym for ‘kudimagan’, the Tamil word for citizen, Jayalalithaa said the Women’s Self Help group movement was given an impetus during her rule.
Corporation initiated the process of putting up 20 New bus shelters
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Departments, Health, Information, Other, PWD, Public, government, modification on March 12th, 2010
The Coimbatore Corporation has initiated the process of putting up bus shelters with digital display of time, temperature and bus timings at 20 locations on Avanashi Road in the city.
Each shelter will cost Rs.5 lakh to Rs.6 lakh and will have a polycarbonate canopy that sunlight will only filter through, but will not cause hardship to waiting passengers, says Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra.
“It is a commonly used roofing to enable natural lighting.” A model bus shelter has been put up on Huzur Road (off Avanashi Road) near the Indian Red Cross Society Building.
A steel bench has been provided for passengers. Advertisements will be allowed within the stipulated extent and the display lights will provide the necessary illumination in the shelter.
The city needs 300 shelters. The first 20 on Avanashi Road will be established with the Corporation’s funds. A proposal to establish the others under public-private partnership has been sent to the Government for approval.
“Meanwhile, we have issued the work orders for the 20 shelters on Avanashi Road. These will be ideal shelters, providing protection from both rain and harsh sunlight. Aesthetically good, each shelter will have digital display of bus route numbers also, in addition to a clock, temperature indicator and bus timings,” says the Commissioner. Six such shelters have been put up on Beach Road in Chennai.
Location
As for the other 280 shelters, a list of the locations identified by the Corporation has been sent to the city police and the Regional Transport Office. The views of these agencies too have to obtained, in order to know whether the bus shelters may hinder traffic flow.
A joint inspection may be done if the other agencies want it so that the shelters are properly located. The sites for the 20 shelters already cleared had been decided after a joint inspection with the city police, Highways Department and the Regional Transport Office.
New Secretariat complex is built on the concept of representative democracy, symbolised by four circles of diminishing size
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Departments, Information, Museum, Public, anniversary, function, government on March 12th, 2010
In the State which provided one of the earliest examples of a representative, grassroots democracy, the grand new Assembly complex has four circular buildings of diminishing size. This signifies the people and three pillars of representative democracy — the legislature, the judiciary, and the executive.
In his public invitation to the inaugural event of the Assembly slated for Saturday, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, who has conceived the entire Assembly complex project, referred to the Uthiramerur inscription, which testifies to the existence of a highly refined electoral system and a written constitution on the mode of elections. The importance of the inscription, which historians date around 920 A.D., during the reign of Parantaka Chola (907-955 A.D.), was featured in an article in The Hindu on July 11, 2008.
Four circles
Explaining the architectural concept behind the complex, a senior government official says the biggest of the four buildings will be the Public Plaza, to which people will have free access. The Chief Minister is for turning the Plaza into yet another place of tourist importance. An open-air museum is proposed to be set up there.
The Plaza is expected to be thrown open to the public on March 19 when the State budget will be presented in the new Assembly.
The circular Assembly Hall, where elected representatives of the people debate issues and problems concerning the State, will be the next biggest structure.
The third is the circular library structure that will essentially be used by the Law Department, which can be considered as representing the judiciary.
The smallest of the four circular components will house the Chief Minister’s office, which is the highest institution of the executive branch. The official points out that the Chief Minister is particular that the circular building meant for his office should be the smallest, meaning that the executive should be modest.
The official says that after obtaining passes, people can come up to the seat of the government.
Four water fountains are being set up at the entrance of the complex, representing the four circular buildings symbolically. They are designed in proportion to the size of the buildings.
Awareness Meeting on “Do not use Mobile Phones while Driving Vehicles”
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Health, Madurai, Mobiles, Public, Transport, accident, government, illegal, meeting, police, programme on March 11th, 2010
Do not mix driving and talking. This was the message conveyed at an awareness meeting on “do not use mobile phones while driving vehicles” conducted by the Regional Transport Authority officials for the motorists in the city on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, RTO (Madurai central) T.G. Thomas said that talking over mobile phones and riding/driving vehicles was more dangerous than drunken driving. Vehicular checks carried out by the authorities (on drivers who were spotted talking over phones) revealed that they (drivers’) were not concentrating on the driving. He underlined the need for self-discipline among the drivers and suggested to stop their vehicles and talk on the phones, if it was very urgent.
Motor Vehicles Inspector Amirtheswaran narrated the mental agony underwent by a family which had lost one of their member’s in a road accident. Investigations revealed that the victim who was talking over the mobile phone was hit by a lorry near the busy Netaji Road intersection.
Inspector of Police (Traffic) A. Balakrishnan appealed to the drivers’ present at the meeting to take a pledge that they would not talk over the mobile phones while driving their vehicles from today onwards. “Everyday, I booked at least 4-5 motorists on charges of speaking over mobile phones under Section 184 of Motor Vehicles Act and imposed a fine of Rs 1,100,” he warned.
Motor Vehicles Inspector J.K. Baskaran said that at least 50 per cent of the road accidents reported was due to careless driving. It had also come to light that the drivers’ talked over their phones.
Rajinikanth from Aravind Eye Hospital said that research by experts suggested less talking over mobile phones as it would affect the ears. Mobile phones produced electro magnetic waves and long conversations over the phone may affect hearing. Persons may use ear phones as an alternative. Wherever there was weak signal, do not use the phones, he advised.
Suresh Kannan proposed vote of thanks. Maxi drivers, auto rickshaw drivers among others attended.
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
TN govt should set up a defence park near Madurai in CII
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Health, Information, Madurai, Other, Public, budget, government, programme on March 11th, 2010
The Tamil Nadu government should set up a defence park near Madurai to take advantage of the country’s offset policy, the state chapter of industry lobby Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) says.
‘We have submitted a proposal to set up an defence industrial park near Madurai to union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers M.K. Alagiri. This is one more effort to industrialise southern Tamil Nadu,’ C.K.Ranganathan, chairman of the Tamil Nadu State Council, told reporters here Wednesday.
Under India’s defence offset policy, if the equipment acquisition value exceeds Rs.300 crore, products equivalent to 30 percent of the contract value have to be locally manufactured.
Appreciating the Tamil Nadu government’s health insurance scheme for poor people, Ranganathan urged the state to offer attractive incentives for hospitals to be built in rural areas.
‘Without incentives, hospitals in rural areas are not viable,’ he remarked.
According to Ranganathan, CII-Tamil Nadu’s suggestion to formulate an industry-wise policy has been accepted by the state government.
He said CII is now studying cost-effective ways of making cities better places to in live through its City Connect programme.
20 AWWA women members part in a parasailing event
Posted by ganesh in Airways, Departments, Entertainment, Information, Public, Thanjavur, function, programme on March 10th, 2010
As amany as 20 women members of the Airforce Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) took part in a parasailing event, as part of the celebrations of International Women’s Day.
According to sources here today, Manisha Kothari, wife of Group Captain S S Kothari inaugurated the programme by sailing herself with the parachute.
”It was an excellent experience. I felt comfortable after being lifted in the air and enjoyed flying. This is the first time I did parasailing in my 20 years of life in the Airforce,” she said.
Sarika Saxena, who parasailed said she liked the adventure. ”I am interested in sports and this is the first time I did parasailing. It is an amazing experience.” All the participants of the yesterday’s event were the wives of Airmen and Air Officers of Airforce Station in Thanjavur, the sources said.
Group Captain Kothari said the aim was to inculcate the spirit of adventure among women on this International Day for Women.
Apart from parasailing, many other activities, including an anaemia detection camp, basic computer workshop, a lecture on female foeticide and preconception of sex determination, had been planned as part of the celebrations, he said.
”The Thanjavur Airforce station will become a full fledged one in a couple of years. Suryakiran airshow will also be arranged at Thanjavur soon,”
Baby elephant fell in tank local people removed it taking the mother elephant
A female elephant and its calf strayed from the forest and entered into a banana field near a private engineering college near Kovaipudur outskirts of the city late last night.
Forest officials told UNI today that the baby elephant fell into a small tank in the field.
Forest officials and local people removed it from the tank after taking the mother elephant away to some distance. Later, both the mother and the baby were guided back into the Madhukkari forests,
BSNL 3G services launched 38 places in Tamil Nadu Circle
Posted by ganesh in BSNL, Communication, Departments, Mobiles, Others, Public, government, tamilnadu on March 9th, 2010
BSNL Chief General Manager Tamil Nadu Circle, D Varadarajan has announced that the company will launch its much-awaited ‘3G services’ in 38 places, comprising Kodaikanal and Hosur, in the state.
While talking to media, Mr. Varadarajan stated that presently 4-lakh lines of capacity build up was going on with regard to the high-tech 3G services in Tamil Nadu.
The facility has already been launched in cities including Kanyakumari, Erode, Ooty, Nagercoil, Koonoor, Coimbatore and Ooty.
Around 17 lakh capacity build up was going on with regard to 2G services. Whilst the total money being spent for 3G services stood at Rs 130 crore, for 2G services the same was Rs 870 crore.
Around Rs 1,000 crore was the overall expenditure for the stage-five project for the state.
3G services would be rolled out soon in Thanjavur and Tiruvarur. Around ten locations were radiated at Thanjavur for trialing purpose.
After detailed examination and installation of other BTSs, commercial launch of 3G services was likely by March end in Thanjavur and Tiruvarur.
Together with this, mobile television, speedy Internet connectivity on handsets, video phone etc would be available for the first time to the Thanjavur and Tiruvarur community.
Trichy Press Club condemned the alleged police attack on photo journalist
Tiruchirapalli District Press Club today strongly condemned the alleged police attack on Mr Moorthy, photo journalist of The Hindu, during police lathicharge at the agitators at suburb Ariyamangalam-Kattur on the busy Tiruchirapalli-Thanjavur National Highway here.
In a statement here, Tiruchirapalli District Press Club Secretary L Shawnawazkhan said local residents of Ariyamangalam- Kattur had resorted to a ‘road roko’agitaion agaist an accident in which three school children were seriously injured.
A police party arrived at the spot and chased away the agitators.
Later, they resorted to lathicharge, in which Mr Moorthy, who went to the spot to cover the incident, was injured, he said and urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to order a detailed enquiry over the incident and punish the erring police personnel.
President of Trichirapalli District Unit of Tamil Nadu Union of Journalist A J Bhaskaran also condemned the incident.
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