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everyday, The View attempts to distill that
information which is crucial to everyday life – water, poverty and
livelihoods of marginalized communities - issues that cry for attention but=
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and do get obscured in the larger media scene. These are stories that are
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17, 2009
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color:#000099'>Good tidings for Cumbum Valley f=
armers
THENI:
Marginal inflow into the Periyar dam cheers far=
mers
in the Cumbum Valley and brings hope to Public =
Works
Department engineers and heads of local bodies, thanks to the onset of south
west monsoon and moderate showers in the dam site.
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//www.hindu.com/2009/06/17/stories/2009061752200300.htm
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color:#000099'>SHGs for aravanis mooted in Villupuram
VILLUPURAM:
Collector R. Palanisamy has said that a proposa=
l for
formation of self-help groups comprising aravanis (transgenders) in Villupuram
district is being processed.
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//www.hindu.com/2009/06/17/stories/2009061752270300.htm
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color:#000099'>‘ECOSAN toilet beauty contest’
NAGAPATTINAM:
Kameshwaram panchayat in Nagapattinam has exemplified that ecological and sani=
tation
concerns are no more elitist preoccupations.
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//www.hindu.com/2009/06/17/stories/2009061754720600.htm
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color:#000099'>Construction work on 19,765 disaster-resistant houses begins=
CHENNAI:
Construction of 19,765 disaster-resistant houses in the coastal districts of
the State has begun, Finance Minister K. Anbazhagan
said here on Tuesday. Work on 1,976 houses had been completed.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/06/17/stories/2009061759080400.htm
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color:#000099'>“Climate change and eye ailment link to be studiedR=
21;
MADURAI:
The link between climate change and eye complications will be studied throu=
gh
national level projects to be taken up by the Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR).
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//www.hindu.com/2009/06/17/stories/2009061758280300.htm
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color:#000099'>‘Focus on natural resource management’
HYDERABAD:
The research products and scientific innovations of the International Crops
Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) help prevent land
degradation and desertifaction, while providing
livelihood and income security to small farmers, said its Director-General
William Dar here on Tuesday.
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//www.hindu.com/2009/06/17/stories/2009061759380600.htm
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color:#000099'>Officials alerted on disaster management
ADILABAD:
Collector Ahmad Nadeem asked officials in the
district to be in a state of high alert in view of the monsoon immediately
ahead.
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color:#000099'>‘Transfer REGS to Panchayat
Raj’
HYDERABAD:
The Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Services Assoc=
iation
has represented to Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara
Reddy seeking transfer of the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme from the Ru=
ral
Development to the Panchayat Raj Department, as=
the Panchayat Raj Commissioner was the appropriate author=
ity to
implement the scheme.
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//www.hindu.com/2009/06/17/stories/2009061759120500.htm
Dalit boy rescued from
wealthy farmer
CHICKABALLAPUR: Officials from the Labour and Revenue Departments on Tuesday rescued a
13-year-old Dalit boy who was reportedly working as a bonded labourer for 10 months in the fields of a wealthy far=
mer in
a village on the outskirts of Chickaballapur.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/06/17/stories/2009061759550800.htm
Crisis management cell
launched for farmers
Thiruvanantha=
puram: Farmers suf=
fering
crop loss due to natural disasters can now look forward to faster assessmen=
t of
damage and easier settlement of compensation.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/06/17/stories/2009061753940400.htm
A bio-shield against the
lashing waves
KOCHI: A mission for greening the coast=
al
belt and creating a bio-shield against invading waves has been completed by=
the
Social Forestry Wing of the Forest Department.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/06/17/stories/2009061757070200.htm
Local farmers line up to =
sell
agri land to Kerala farmers
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Farmers
from Kerala have taken over about 50 acres of fertile paddy lands on lease =
and
have been cultivating ginger on these lands at Mandara=
valli
village of Lakkavalli hobl=
i
here.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/8533/local-farmers-line-up-sell.=
html
‘Coconut growers fa=
cing
problems’
Samiti
District Secretary Niranjan Murthy in a press r=
elease
informed that untimely rainfall and mite disease has made life difficult for
coconut cultivators of the region.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/8535/coconut-growers-facing=
-problems.html
BBMP yet to act on rain w=
ater
harvesting
A
High Powered Committee Report set up by the High Court of Karnataka in 2006=
to
look into the quality of road works in the city had a recommendation on rain
water harvesting. It suggested construction of recharge structure for
harvesting rain water and recharging ground water by the BBMP at road
intersection points.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/8546/bbmp-yet-act-rain-water.html
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