Plea for train stoppages in rural stations
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THANJAVUR The Thanjavur District Train Beneficiaries Association has called upon the railways to provide stoppages for trains passing through important railway stations in rural Thanjavur district for the benefit of rural commuters.
A resolution to this effect was passed at the association meeting chaired by Ayyanapuram Natarajan, association president, and V. Jeevakumar, secretary, here on Friday where the association deplored the railway administration’s proposal to close down some of the rural railway stations such as Ammapettai, Papanasam and others in the district citing ‘poor’ commuter patronage.
Stating that at present the services were operated with stoppages at major towns only which had led to a situation wherein commuters hailing from rural pockets were left in the lurch, the association demanded stoppages at important rural railway stations.
An initiative to develop own vegetable garden
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AAA To encourage people to develop their own vegetable garden, the Department of Horticulture and Plantation Crops is providing vegetable seeds with essential items.
Collector C. Kathiravan in a press release said that under the Integrated Horticulture Development Scheme (IHDS), people are encouraged to maintain their own garden so that vegetable needs of the family are fulfilled. Vegetable seeds, coco-peat, organic fertilizers, pesticides, tools for drip irrigation, farm tools are available.
Interested persons can contact the Assistant Director of Horticulture at each taluks in the district for availing the package. Package can be purchased from the officers, Erode 94455-12170, Modakurichi 96266-62333, Kodumudi 96005-69830, Bhavani 99409-43079, Ammapettai 97507-51385, Anthiyur 94427-55132, Perundurai 97906-11101, Chennimalai 97870-45557, Gobichettipalayam 93621-19780, T.N. Palayam 80721-02951, Na
Dry run held across central region ahead of vaccination for COVID 19
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Doctors of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi take part in the COVID-19 dry run on Friday. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY
A mock vaccination exercise was conducted at select hospitals and primary health centres across the central districts on Friday ahead of the COVID 19 vaccination expected to be taken up soon.
The trial was conducted at the Tiruchi Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital and four other healthcare facilities in Tiruchi. The dry run was held to check the quality of the facility, the software used to register beneficiaries among other aspects.
Lodging of crop reported
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THANJAVUR: Lodging of crop due to water logging was reported in Ammapettai and Peravurani areas in Thanjavur district where the farmers claimed that the incessant rain in the recent past has affected the standing crop which is ready for harvest.
The rainfall resulted in waterlogging in hundreds of acres in Puthur Kizhathope area near Ammapettai remain for days together during the last week of December 2020 at a time when the crop was ready for harvest. Thus, the crop had flattened on the fields resulting in some of the panicles sprouting, claimed R.Senthilkumar, Ammapettai Union secretary, Communist Party of India.
He had demanded ₹ 7,000 for property name transfer A Corporation tax collector was on Wednesday sentenced to undergo two years of imprisonment in a graft case in 2010.
T. Pradeepan (54) of Kitchipalayam was running a tyre retreading company from a rented building. He purchased the building on July 21, 2010 and submitted an application to the Corporation’s Ammapettai Zonal office on March 9, 2011 seeking property name transfer and for fixing tax.
Tax collector R. Balakrishnan (53) inspected the building and demanded ₹ 7,000 for name transfer. Since Padeepan refused to give the money, Balakrishnan asked him to pay ₹ 6,000 and get the work done.
Pradeepan alerted the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) sleuths, who arrested Balakrishnan.