OCHI: Former judge of the Supreme Court, V. R. Krishna Iyer, has urged the government to evolve a national policy on retirement age and pension. Addressing a meeting of the SBI Pensioners Association (Kerala) here on Sunday, he said pension benefits were not charity and there should not be any discrimination or arbitrary decisions in respect of disbursement of pension.
The government does not have a standard policy on retirement age. The age of retirement varies in respect of various categories of employees such as IAS officers, High Court judges and Supreme Court judges. If Supreme Court judges are allowed to continue in service till the age of 65, is it justified on the part of the government to ask others to retire at an earlier age, he asked.
He also inaugurated a website of the association. B.S.Bhasin, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India, Kerala Circle, V.Ramamoorthy, General Manager, SBI, Local Head Office, Thiruvananthapuram, and others spoke.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Ayurveda Mandalam jubilee fete begins
KOCHI: The Kerala Ayurveda Mandalam would get the support of the Union Government in their project to cultivate medicinal plants.
This was stated by the Union Minister for State for Agriculture K. V. Thomas during the inaugural function of the golden jubilee year celebration of the Mandalam here on Sunday.
The district unit of the Mandalam announced the launch of this scheme during the function. The District Collector has also given the nod to utilise the 10 acres of the Civil Station premises to grow medicinal herbs, said the district secretary of the Mandalam, G. K. Menon.
The agenda for the year includes conducting medical camps in every taluk and to run campaigns for better awareness of ayurveda and growing medicinal herbs that would be given to every home.
This was stated by the Union Minister for State for Agriculture K. V. Thomas during the inaugural function of the golden jubilee year celebration of the Mandalam here on Sunday.
The district unit of the Mandalam announced the launch of this scheme during the function. The District Collector has also given the nod to utilise the 10 acres of the Civil Station premises to grow medicinal herbs, said the district secretary of the Mandalam, G. K. Menon.
The agenda for the year includes conducting medical camps in every taluk and to run campaigns for better awareness of ayurveda and growing medicinal herbs that would be given to every home.
Fishes from cage farming harvested
KOCHI: An experimental cage culture of Asian sea bass Lates calcarifer (Kalanchi/Narimeen) and wild-collected grey mullet Mugil cephalus (Thirutha) along Moothakunnam coast, near here, under the aegis of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) over the last six months has concluded on a positive note.
Fish from the experimental cage farming was harvested on Saturday with Syda Rao, Director of the Fisheries Research Institute inaugurating the event.
The cage farming experiment was put up for demonstration of the cage culture technology developed by scientists at CMFRI, said a press release here.
The indigenous cage, with a diameter of 6 m and made of high density polyethylene material is cost-effective.
A few numbers of pearl spots Etroplus suratensis (Karimeen) were also stocked for maximum utilization of the water area in the cage.
Fish from the experimental cage farming was harvested on Saturday with Syda Rao, Director of the Fisheries Research Institute inaugurating the event.
The cage farming experiment was put up for demonstration of the cage culture technology developed by scientists at CMFRI, said a press release here.
The indigenous cage, with a diameter of 6 m and made of high density polyethylene material is cost-effective.
A few numbers of pearl spots Etroplus suratensis (Karimeen) were also stocked for maximum utilization of the water area in the cage.
5-year guarantee clause for city roads mooted
KOCHI: Major city roads should be repaired with a five-year guarantee clause for providing quality motorable roads for the city dwellers, feel civic administrators.
The Kochi Corporation will make a proposal for including the Chittoor Road in the guarantee scheme. Presently, the Sahodaran Ayyappan road and the Edapally High Court road are being repaired and maintained under the scheme. The civic authorities are of the view that the system should cover more roads which handles high volume of vehicular traffic. However, the permission for the work should be given by the State government, said M. Anilkumar, chairman of the Town Planning Standing Committee of the Kochi Corporation.
The road work can be implemented under the Peoples Plan programme and a proposal to this effect will be placed before the corporation council during its next session. The State government will not have to spend money for the project as the civic body would be able to meet the expense on its own, he said.
The Kochi Corporation will make a proposal for including the Chittoor Road in the guarantee scheme. Presently, the Sahodaran Ayyappan road and the Edapally High Court road are being repaired and maintained under the scheme. The civic authorities are of the view that the system should cover more roads which handles high volume of vehicular traffic. However, the permission for the work should be given by the State government, said M. Anilkumar, chairman of the Town Planning Standing Committee of the Kochi Corporation.
The road work can be implemented under the Peoples Plan programme and a proposal to this effect will be placed before the corporation council during its next session. The State government will not have to spend money for the project as the civic body would be able to meet the expense on its own, he said.
Telecom adalat
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The next sitting of the telecom adalat of the Thiruvananthapuram Telecom District will be held later this month.
Complaints and grievances that were unsolved by other redress facilities only can be represented in the adalat. The last date for submitting the complaints, with full particulars and relevant documentary evidence, to K.P. Ramesh, AGM (OP), Office of the PGMT, Uppalam Road, Thiruvananthapuram-695 001 is June 28, a release said.
Complaints and grievances that were unsolved by other redress facilities only can be represented in the adalat. The last date for submitting the complaints, with full particulars and relevant documentary evidence, to K.P. Ramesh, AGM (OP), Office of the PGMT, Uppalam Road, Thiruvananthapuram-695 001 is June 28, a release said.
A(H1N1) claims three more lives
Thiruvananthapuram: The Influenza A (H1N1) infection has claimed three more lives in the State, taking the total death toll during the second spell of the infection to 25. All three deaths were reported from Thiruvananthapuram
The deaths, confirmed as due to H1N1, are of Sreelakshmi (29), of Kazhakuttam, who died at the Medical College hospital here on June 18; Mini Rajesh (34) of Pallikkal who died on June 19 at Gokulam Medical College and Simi (22) of Edava, who had been pregnant and who died while under treatment at the Thiruvananthapuram MCH.
Thirty new cases of H1N1 were also confirmed in the State on Sunday.
These include 12 cases reported from Thiruvananthapuram, six from Kozhikode, two each from Kollam, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Wayanad, three cases from Malappuram and one case from Idukki
The deaths, confirmed as due to H1N1, are of Sreelakshmi (29), of Kazhakuttam, who died at the Medical College hospital here on June 18; Mini Rajesh (34) of Pallikkal who died on June 19 at Gokulam Medical College and Simi (22) of Edava, who had been pregnant and who died while under treatment at the Thiruvananthapuram MCH.
Thirty new cases of H1N1 were also confirmed in the State on Sunday.
These include 12 cases reported from Thiruvananthapuram, six from Kozhikode, two each from Kollam, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Wayanad, three cases from Malappuram and one case from Idukki
Pallipuram CRPF firing range �under cover\'
Thiruvananthapuram: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has erected overhead wooden safety �baffles at its small arms firing range at Pallipuram, near here, to protect people living adjacent to the training facility from stray bullets.
CRPF Group Centre Deputy Inspector-General K.V. Madhusoodhanan said the structure would ensure that bullets fired within the 200-metre range were contained within its boundaries.
A steep earthen slope at the target end of the firing range is the primary impact area for the bullets fired in the facility. It prevents the projectiles from ricocheting off the impact area and straying outside the range.
The range is surrounded by tall impact-absorbing walls, which also muffles the sound of gunfire. The overhead safety structures are erected in a manner that the shooter, regardless of his position, cannot sight the sky downrange or fire bullets upward, inadvertently or otherwise.
CRPF Group Centre Deputy Inspector-General K.V. Madhusoodhanan said the structure would ensure that bullets fired within the 200-metre range were contained within its boundaries.
A steep earthen slope at the target end of the firing range is the primary impact area for the bullets fired in the facility. It prevents the projectiles from ricocheting off the impact area and straying outside the range.
The range is surrounded by tall impact-absorbing walls, which also muffles the sound of gunfire. The overhead safety structures are erected in a manner that the shooter, regardless of his position, cannot sight the sky downrange or fire bullets upward, inadvertently or otherwise.
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