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water, poverty and livelihoods of marginalized communities - issues that cry
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01 , 2009
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color:#000099'>Central Bank of India programme to support SHGs
CHENNAI:
A pilot programme to provide hand-holding support targeting 4,000 self-help
groups (SHGs) in five districts of Tamil Nadu would be undertaken by Central
Bank of India (CBI).
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color:#000099'>‘New generation of farmers emerging’
COIMBATORE:
“A new generation of farmers and stakeholders in the agricultural sec=
tor
is emerging in our country. This new generation is characterised by the
presence of mobile phones, computers, use of Internet, etc.,
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color:#000099'>Cotton farmers ready for season
COIMBATORE:
With the early onset of the monsoon and expectation of normal rain, cotton
growers are ready for the next season.
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color:#000099'>Alternative livelihood for tsunami-hit fisherwomen
CUDDALORE:
District Collector Rajendra Ratnoo inaugurated the handmade paper unit set =
up
at a cost of Rs 27 lakh at Killai, about 70 km from here, on Sunday.
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color:#000099'>“Revise tariff for pulses, grains”
MADURAI:
Foodgrains and pulses should be brought back to Class 90 from Class 130 in
freight tariff by the railways in order to avert price escalation, said Tam=
il
Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association, here on Sunday.
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color:#000099'>Heavy rain lashes Salem and suburbs
SALEM:
Heavy rains accompanied by thunder and strong winds lashed the city and its
suburbs for the second consecutive day on Saturday.
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color:#000099'>Fertilizers being stocked in government godowns
The
first consignment of 2,500 tonnes of DAP (di-ammonia phosphate) arrived her=
e at
the Sevvapet Railway Yard on Saturday from Orissa.
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color:#000099'>Drain project got over, but not the roads
THANJAVUR:
Though the underground drainage project taken up at a cost of Rs. 70 crore
became operational in September 2007, roads dug up for the project remain
without relaying at many places in Thanjavur municipal area
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color:#000099'>Plea to put off closure of irrigation water supply
TIRUCHI:
Ayacutdars of Kattalai Mettu Vaikkal have urged the district administration=
to
postpone the schedule for closure of supply of irrigation water, with a vie=
w to
facilitate both harvest and raising of crops.
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color:#000099'>6 irrigation projects listed for national status
HYDERABAD:
Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has said that he will use his good
offices to get national project status for six important irrigation project=
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the State.
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HASSAN:
The Hassan City Municipal Council (CMC) spends Rs. 7.20 lakh every month on
disposal of garbage.
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color:#000099'>1,56,816 hectares to be covered under agriculture
Madikeri:
An extent of 1,56,816 hectares of land will be covered under plantation and
agriculture crops, mainly coffee and paddy, in Kodagu this season, it was
revealed at a meeting held here on Saturday to take stock of agriculture
activities and supply of fertilizers.
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color:#000099'>Move to ‘simplify’ norms to buy farmland critici=
zed
Mysore:
In response to the statement by Minister for Home Dr. V.S. Acharya on
‘softening’ of the existing restrictions on non-agriculturists
buying agricultural land, the Federation of State Farmers’ Association
(FSFA), the State Sugarcane Growers’ Association (SSGA), the Karnataka
Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and the Sarvodaya Karnataka Party (SKP) have dec=
ided
to oppose the Government’s move.
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color:#000099'>Village residents oppose alienation of ‘gomala’ =
land
TUMKUR:
Residents of Kammanakote in Madhugiri taluk of Tumkur district have opposed=
the
Government’s move to alienate 240 acres of their “gomala”
(cattle-grazing) land.
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color:#000099'>Grama panchayat association to launch action research progra=
mme
Thiruvananthapuram:
The Kerala Grama Panchayat Association has announced plans to launch an act=
ion
research programme to empower the local bodies and equip them to handle new
challenges in local self-government.
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color:#000099'>Getting to know the soil better
Thiruvananthapuram:
Farmers in the Manickal grama panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram are looking
forward to a good harvest in the coming years. They will soon be equipped w=
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information on the state of the soil in their fields, so essential to a good
crop.
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color:#000099'>Organic village: first phase completed
KATTAPPANA:
As the three-day long organic agriculture mela at Mankulam comes to an end =
on
Saturday, the first phase of a long project to turn the village into the fi=
rst
organic village in the country has materialised. People turned up in hordes=
at
the various venues of mela.
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color:#000099'>Eco group to organise people’s march
KOLLAM: Environmental activists, under the Paristhiti Samrakshana Ekopana Samithy, = have decided to organise a people’s march to the residence of the Minister= for Water Resources, N.K. Premachandran, in protest against the alleged failure= of the authorities to take the necessary action to protect Sasthamcotta Lake.<= o:p>
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color:#000099'>Dumping of waste poses epidemic threat in Pathanamthitta
PATHANAMTHITTA:
Callous dumping of waste in thickly populated places has been posing serious
health hazards in Pathanamthitta district.
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color:#000099'>Heavy rain in Capital pushes mercury down
NEW
DELHI: The month of May that began with a blistering 44.2 degrees Celsius, =
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season’s highest maximum temperature, ended on a pleasant note for
Delhiites with intermittent spells of rain this past week giving way to hea=
vy
rainfall on Sunday, lifting the city’s battered spirits after a long =
run
of dry heat.
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color:#000099'>Nitish slams Centre for non-sanction of Kosi relief
New
Delhi: The Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, on Sunday slammed the Centre
saying the State is yet to receive money for rehabilitation of last
year’s Kosi flood victims.
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