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11 , 2009
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color:#000099'>Funds crunch likely to affect projects
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
An apparent fund squeeze could upset a government initiative to channelise substantial sums for developing infrastruc=
ture
facilities in the State.
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color:#000099'>Water released from dams for ‘kar=
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paddy
TIRUNELVELI:
Even as water level at Papanasam Dam stood at 4=
8.20
feet against its total capacity of 143 feet, formal release of water for
‘kar’ paddy cultivation commenced on
Wednesday.
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color:#000099'>Planting a banyan sapling in educational and residential are=
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Coimbatore:
OSAI, a non-Governmental organisation involved =
in
environment related activities such as afforestation
and conservation on Wednesday launched “Project Banyan” at Stanes Higher Secondary School.
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color:#000099'>Precision farming to be taken up on 320 hectares
DINDIGUL:
Precision farming will be taken up on 320 hectares in the district this yea=
r at
an estimated cost of Rs.2.13 crore, according to
Collector R. Kirlosh Kumar.
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color:#000099'>Meet on disaster management
KANCHEEPURAM:
Proactive preparedness and mitigation have become the focal point in evolvi=
ng
disaster management schemes, speakers at an orientation workshop on formati=
on
of district-level disaster management authority (DMA) said here recently.
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color:#000099'>Disaster management has become prevention centric, says expe=
rt
THANJAVUR:
Disaster management has come a long way from being ‘relief centric=
217;
to ‘prevention centric’ said Suresh Marias=
elvam,
disaster management expert here on Wednesday.
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color:#000099'>Energy-efficient lamps installed in welfare hostels
Kakinada:
As the demand for power keeps going up, the Non-Conventional Energy Develop=
ment
Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NEDCAP) is exploring ways to reduce consumpt=
ion
in government departments.
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color:#000099'>Cesspool gets makeover as lung space
HYDERABAD:
From a stretch that was left steeped in apathy for several years and used f=
or
dumping debris, defecation and grazing, the small pond at Khairatabad
along the flyover has started to shape as a protected water body and getting
paraphernalia such as greenery, aesthetic illumination and walkways.
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color:#000099'>Irregularities in seed supply
ANANTAPUR:
Belying the claims of the district administration that all measures have be=
en
taken to prevent irregularities in the supply of subsi=
dised
seed groundnut to the farmers, reports of misdeeds in the supply are trickl=
ing
in from different parts of the district even as the seed was supplied only =
for
two days so far.
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color:#000099'>Collector inspects NREGS works
KURNOOL:
Collector Mukesh Kumar Mee=
na
inspected the NREGS works at Yerraguntla and
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Slumdwellers face inundation threat this rainy season
ONGOLE:
As repairs to Pothurajukalva are getting delaye=
d,
hundreds of slum dwellers in Ongole town are de=
stined
to suffer inundation and evacuation in the rainy season this year also.
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color:#000099'>Rice becomes pricey in Godavari districts
Rajahmundry:
Godavari districts, which have earned the reputation of being the rice bowl=
of
the State, are facing extreme situation.
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color:#000099'>Shortage of rice in Godavari districts
RAJAHMUNDRY:
People in East and West Godavari districts, the rice bowl of the State, are
facing a piquant situation, because of the severe shortage of superfine ric=
e in
the open market in spite of the godowns being f=
ull
with stocks of the commodity, pushing up its price.
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color:#000099'>Farmers observe martyrs’ day in H=
averi
HAVERI:
The “Hutatma Raithar=
a
Dina” was observed here on Wednesday amid tight security. It was obse=
rved
to mark the first anniversary of the death of two farmers in police firing =
here
in 2008.
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color:#000099'>Get your questions on RTI Act answered
Bangalore:
A free help centre to provide information pertaining to the Right to
Information (RTI) Act will function on the last Saturday of every month.
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color:#000099'>Farmers thrilled over good rainfall in Bellary district
BELLARY:
Heavy showers in May have left farmers in Bellary district elated with many=
of
them now hopeful of a good harvest.
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color:#000099'>Development work in 12 villages in Belu=
r
taluk to begin soon
HASSAN:
Development work under the Suvarna Grama Yojana in Belur taluk will begin so=
on and
the State Government has released Rs. 4.6 crore=
for
this purpose, Y.N. Rudresh Gowda, MLA, has said=
.
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color:#000099'>Corporation to launch tree census, planting of herbarium
KOCHI:
Environment protection programmes of the Kochi
Corporation, including a tree census and planting of herbarium will be laun=
ched
on Thursday.
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color:#000099'>Ombudsman takes up cases of faulty garbage management
KOCHI:
Complaints regarding faulty garbage management were among the cases conside=
red
by the Ombudsman for Local Self-government Institutions, M.R. Hariharan Nair, at a sitting held at the district
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color:#000099'>802 delegates for NGO union meet
KOCHI:
S. Ramachandran Pillai, CPI
(M) Poliburo member and president of the All In=
dia Kisan Sabha, will inaugur=
ate the
46th State meet of Kerala N.G.O. Union at Mahatma Gandhi Municipal Town Hal=
l in
Aluva on Saturday.
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Kuttanad water shortage: NGOs step in
ALAPPUZHA:
For Kuttanad, which is struggling to tackle the
outbreak of cholera and shortage of pure drinking water, help is pouring in
from various quarters. A few non-governmental organisa=
tions
have come forward to ameliorate the situation.
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color:#000099'>Horticulture Expo concludes
NEW
DELHI: A three-day International Horticulture Expo-2009 concluded at Pragati Maidan here over =
the
weekend.
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color:#000099'>Now, plastic floods the Sundarbans
KOLKATA:
Post-cyclone Aila, the ecologically fragile
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The Rock Valley Educational Institu=
te
in Kolar held a tree planting programme, and al=
so organised a free legal awareness camp. Principal Sess=
ions
Judge and district Legal Services Authority president M A
Aradhya inaugurated the programme by planting a
sapling.
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color:#000099'>‘1.5 lakh acres non-cultiv=
able
land for industries’
Addressing media persons on the
sidelines of Mysore divisional-level industrial adalat=
here on Wednesday, he said land has already been identified in 18 districts
under this Land Bank system, and the Deputy Commissioners of the remaining
districts have been asked to identify such land in their districts too with=
in
three months.
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color:#000099'>‘No compromise on Forest Conservation’
Replying to queries on the large nu=
mber
of power and railway projects in the State requiring forest and environment=
al
clearance from the union government, Ramesh said, “The Forest
(Conservation) Act is supreme, there is no question of compromise, however =
important
the economic activity.”
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-conservation.html
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