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f"'>May
28 , 2009
Composting unit to convert
municipal waste into manure to come up soon in Tirupur=
Tirupur: To boost organic manure
production, the Department of Agriculture plans to establish a composting u=
nit
in Tirupur block as a public-private partnership
venture to convert municipal waste into manure at an outlay of Rs. 4.10
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052852460300.htm
Study on goat-rearing sch=
eme
Tirupur: The Veterinary University
Training and Research Centre (VUTRC) here, under the Tamil Nadu Veterinary =
and
Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), has commen=
ced a
study to evaluate the socio-economic impact of its rotational goat-rearing
scheme introduced to uplift poor in the district.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052852440300.htm
Weather-based crop insura=
nce
to be in force
VIRUDHUNAGAR: The Agricultu=
re
Insurance Company of India Limited would implement weather-based crop insur=
ance
during the kharif season.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052858420300.htm
Kuthamba=
kkam residents oppose compost
yard plan
CHENNAI: Residents of vario=
us
villages around Kuthambakkam, near Poonamallee, on Wednesday staged a demonstration agai=
nst
the proposal to set up compost yard, meant to handle waste generated in five
local bodies, in Kuthambakkam.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052859690400.htm
Cloud cover, drizzle raise
hopes over Siruvani water position
With the Siruvani
Dam located close to the Mannarkad area in the =
Palakkad District of Kerala, its filling up totally h=
inges
on the amount of rain that region gets.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052858590300.htm
Agricultural exhibition
COIMBATORE: The 10th editio=
n of
Agri Expo will be held from May 29 to June 1 at=
Suguna Auditorium in the city.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052858580300.htm
Water sources to be desilted
NAGAPATTINAM: The district
administration will draft a comprehensive action plan to prevent the impact=
of
natural calamities caused by cyclone or floods during the onset of monsoon.=
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052858840300.htm
Call to strengthen SHGs by
creating federation
SIVAGANGA: K. Ashok Vardhan Shetty, Principal
Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj,=
has
directed the officials concerned to concentrate on creating Panchayat
Level Federation to strengthen the self help group movement.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052858040200.htm
Training programme in pra=
wn
farming
Tuticorin<=
/span>: A 15-day training program=
me
in freshwater prawn farming commenced at Fisheries College and Research
Institute here on Wednesday
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052858300300.htm
Farmers seek single window
system
KURNOOL: Andhra Pradesh
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052855160700.htm
Diarrhoe=
a cases on the rise in tri=
bal
areas
SANGAREDDY: Diarrhoea
cases have been on the rise in the district, more particularly in tribal ar=
eas.
Lack of supply of potable water was said to be main reason for this.=
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052853380300.htm
Green warriors at work
ANANTAPUR: The State Govern=
ment
has taken up a new programme for protection of natural resources like fores=
ts
and hillocks with the concept of joint management under National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). The programme is being taken up on
experimental basis in Anantapur and Chittoor districts
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052851060200.htm
‘Government committ=
ed
to promise on power, rice’
TIRUMALA: The Finance Minis=
ter
K. Rosaiah on Wednesday reiterated that the Sta=
te
government was committed in carrying ahead various welfare schemes for the
benefit of the poor.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052859230300.htm
Farmers throng raitha samparka kendras to buy seeds
Belgaum: The Raitha Samparka Kendras in the district are flooded with large number=
of
farmers wanting to buy seeds for the kharif sea=
son.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052851520300.htm
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color:#000099'>Registration for groundwater users
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
The last date for groundwater users in the State to register their names wi=
th
the Kerala State Groundwater Authority (KSGTA) has been extended till May 3=
1,
2010.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052854030400.htm
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color:#000099'>Lift ban on export, say rice millers
KOCHI:
Rice millers in Kerala will approach the Union government to lift the ban on
export of non-basmati rice. Though the demand was raised two months ago, no
action came forth as the election process had been set in motion then.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052855150700.htm
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color:#000099'>Law sought against use of chemical fertilizers
KALPETTA:
Rajaji Mathew Thomas, chairman, Committee on
Environment of the State legislative Assembly has said that the committee w=
ill
recommend to the government to bring out a legislation<=
/span>
to prevent heavy use of chemical fertilizer and pesticides in the plantation
sector in the State, especially in Wayanad.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052852910300.htm
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color:#000099'>VS to inaugurate farm projects
PALAKKAD:
Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will inaugura=
te
various agriculture development projects in the district as part of the thi=
rd
anniversary of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) here on Friday.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052852200300.htm
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color:#000099'>‘Haritha Keralam’
project review
PALAKKAD:
Forest Minister Binoy Visw=
om
will preside over a review meeting of the ‘Harit=
ha
Keralam’ (Green Kerala) project of the St=
ate
government at the Conference Hall of the District Panc=
hayat
here on Thursday.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052852280300.htm
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color:#000099'>Impact of climatic change
Fishermen
living on the Orissa coast have started to realize that climatic changes ha=
ve
started to affect their fish catch
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052850700200.htm
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color:#000099'>Workshop on watershed development
Bhubaneswar-based
Institute of Public Finance and Policy will organise
a workshop on ‘Watershed Development in Orissa: Issues for Future
Action’ in the city on May 30.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052850520200.htm
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color:#000099'>Rajasthan planning to link jobs scheme with tree plantation
drive
JAIPUR:
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has sough=
t to
link the much talked about National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREG=
S)
with a massive new tree plantation drive his government is planning.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052854440500.htm
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color:#000099'>Beating the crisis: Strategic oil reserves near M’lore
This is one of the only three propo=
sed
strategic oil reserves in India. The other two are at =
Padur
in Udupi and Vishakapatnam=
in Andhra Pradesh.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/4814/beating-crisis-s=
trategic-oil-reserves.html
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color:#000099'>UN chief calls for renewed efforts to protect global ecosyst=
ems
UNITED
NATIONS, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The spread of non-native species is harming
ecosystems, livelihoods and economies around the world, UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon said Friday in a message to mark the
International Day for Biological Diversity, calling for renewed effort to
protect life on earth.
http://www.enn.com/eco=
systems/article/39973
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color:#000099'>"Green" industry demands low-carbon dollars
COPENHAGEN
(Reuters) - Top executives from utilities, electric car, solar and wind power
companies demanded on Tuesday that governments turn away from fossil fuels =
when
they sign a new climate pact, expected in December.
http://www.enn.com/busin=
ess/article/39970
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color:#000099'>Pennsylvania wants to allow power companies to capture carbon
dioxide emissions and put them into the ground.
Unlike
trash disposal, carbon dioxide cannot be dumped ina landfill, shipped away or burned.
http://www.enn.com/poll=
ution/article/39980
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