Talavadi farmers seek fair price for their produce
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Farmers in Talavadi expressed concern over vegetables procured from them at a meagre price being sold at exorbitant price to people during the total lockdown here.
Tomato, cabbage, chilly, beans, beetroot, cauliflower, chowchow, brinjal, Ivy gourd and other gourd varieties are cultivated widely by farmers in the hill. Every day, farmers take their produce to the mandis where vegetables in large quantities also arrive from Chamarajanagar in Karnataka.
The vegetables are auctioned in the evening and the successful bidder transports the produce to the wholesale markets in Erode, Coimbatore and Kerala.
With the arrival of 15,000 vaccine doses to the district, administering of vaccine to persons in the age group of 18 to 44 and above 45 resumed at the government hospitals and primary health centres h
109 positive cases reported at Kottamalam village
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A total of 109 COVID-19 positive cases were reported at Kottamalam village that is located in Talavadi Block near the Tamil Nadu – Karnataka border here on Tuesday.
On Sunday, health department officials received information that many villagers were suffering from fever after which a health team from the Upgraded Primary Health Centre at Talavadi visited the village. However, villagers are reluctant for swab tests and stayed indoors. Officials of the health and revenue department pacified them after which 630 samples were lifted from 5 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. and sent to the laboratory at Government Erode Medical College and Hospital at Perundurai. On Tuesday, test results were declared in which 109 persons tested positive. All were shifted to Covid Care Centres at Talavadi.
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Entry denied to people from Karnataka, only ambulances, vegetable-laden vehicles allowed
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The road that leads to Chamarajanagar in Karnataka is closed using tin sheets at Ramapuram village in Talavadi Hills, Erode.
Entry denied to people from Karnataka, only ambulances, vegetable-laden vehicles allowed
Following a spike in COVID-19 cases in Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka that borders Talavadi, the district police have intensified checks at the inter-State border from Tuesday to prevent people from Karnataka entering into the State.
Ramapuram, Arulvadi, Bisalvadi, Ellakattai, Gumtapuram and Bainapuram villages are located in Talavadi bordering Karnataka. The jurisdiction of Chamarajanagar starts two km away from the villages and people of both the States frequently cross the border for work. People of Talavadi visit the hospitals at Chamarajanagar for medical emergencies, while vegetables from there are transported to Talavadi mandis from wh
People of Talavadi allowed to use Talamalai Road without paying entry fee
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May 01, 2021 15:25 IST
The fee exemption has been granted as, due to the lockdown in Karnataka, the check-post in Punajanur is closed
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The forest check post at Dhimbam on the Talamalai Road in Erode district in Tamil Nadu
| Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M
The fee exemption has been granted as, due to the lockdown in Karnataka, the check-post in Punajanur is closed
Following representations from politicians, farmers and the public, the Forest Department has started allowing the people of Talavadi to use the 23 km Dhimbam - Talamalai forest road without paying the vehicle entry fee, from Saturday.