Thiruvananthapuram: The district health administration, as part of strengthening the precautionary measures against A(H1N1), has reached the drug Tamiflu to all primary health centres.
All field-level health workers, ASHA, anganwadi activists are being trained to look out for possible symptoms of H1N1 infection and inform the health authorities to take necessary measures , District Medical Officer N. Sridhar said.A meeting convened by Director of Health Services M.K. Jeevan and Additional DHS (Public Health) P.P. Aravindan here decided to coordinate special measures at the district-level to combat the rising incidence of H1N1 infection.
As part of a special scheme being implemented to educate schools to watch out for H1N1 infection among children, communications have been sent to all schools through the Deputy Director of Education to hold a special assembly on June 24 to disseminate information on H1N1 among children and make them more alert against the infection.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Hassle-free loans for students sought
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: District panchayat president Anavoor Nagappan has called upon banks to disburse education loans to all eligible students .
Inaugurating a district-level review committee meeting on banking here on Tuesday, Mr. Nagappan congratulated the banks for achieving the annual loan target of 2009-10.
George Mercier, MLA, urged banks to improve credit delivery to the Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes and women and provide more banking facilities to the people in coastal areas.
N. Rajan, MLA, urged banks to conduct awareness programme on schemes for financial inclusion. J. Arundhathi, MLA, asked banks to consider disbursing loans to men self-help groups.
The meeting was informed that financial institutions in the district disbursed Rs. 4,944.44 crore under the priority sector against the target of Rs. 3,919.26 crore.
Under the agriculture sector, Rs.2,477.68 crore was disbursed against the target of Rs.1,546.44 crore; Rs.2,258.63 crore was disbursed in the service sector against the target of Rs.2,107.78 crore; and in the non-farm sector, which includes industrial credit, disbursement was to the tune of Rs.208.13 crore.
Inaugurating a district-level review committee meeting on banking here on Tuesday, Mr. Nagappan congratulated the banks for achieving the annual loan target of 2009-10.
George Mercier, MLA, urged banks to improve credit delivery to the Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes and women and provide more banking facilities to the people in coastal areas.
N. Rajan, MLA, urged banks to conduct awareness programme on schemes for financial inclusion. J. Arundhathi, MLA, asked banks to consider disbursing loans to men self-help groups.
The meeting was informed that financial institutions in the district disbursed Rs. 4,944.44 crore under the priority sector against the target of Rs. 3,919.26 crore.
Under the agriculture sector, Rs.2,477.68 crore was disbursed against the target of Rs.1,546.44 crore; Rs.2,258.63 crore was disbursed in the service sector against the target of Rs.2,107.78 crore; and in the non-farm sector, which includes industrial credit, disbursement was to the tune of Rs.208.13 crore.
Empowering citizens against crime
Thiruvananthapuram: The police will soon enable civic-minded citizens with mobile phone cameras to send them photographs of traffic accidents, disasters and crime in real time.
Deputy Commissioner of Police C.H. Nagaraju said the proposed Social Intelligence Network for Crime and Information (Sinclair) would make it possible for the police to receive photographs with evidentiary value from citizens, members of the neighbourhood watch and coastal vigilance committees, including seagoing fishermen, quickly.
The informants could send photographs, text, video and audio recordings as multimedia messages (MMSs) to an email account operated by the police. The identity of the informants would be kept a secret.
Deputy Commissioner of Police C.H. Nagaraju said the proposed Social Intelligence Network for Crime and Information (Sinclair) would make it possible for the police to receive photographs with evidentiary value from citizens, members of the neighbourhood watch and coastal vigilance committees, including seagoing fishermen, quickly.
The informants could send photographs, text, video and audio recordings as multimedia messages (MMSs) to an email account operated by the police. The identity of the informants would be kept a secret.
Railway bomb detection squad starts functioning
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A bomb detection and disposal squad set up under the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in Kerala has started functioning at the Thiruvananthapuram Central station here.
The squad, first of its kind in the railway network in the State, will function round-the-clock.
With this, the Railways need not depend on the State security agencies for carrying out anti-sabotage checks in the wake of bomb threats in trains or in railway installations in the capital.
The squad comprising six RPF personnel trained in handling explosives and their detection and led by an inspector had been provided with the latest bomb detection and disposal equipment.
The unit was inaugurated by Divisional Railway Manager Rajiv Dutt Sharma in the presence of Additional Railway Manager Ashok Kumar and other officials on Tuesday.
The squad, first of its kind in the railway network in the State, will function round-the-clock.
With this, the Railways need not depend on the State security agencies for carrying out anti-sabotage checks in the wake of bomb threats in trains or in railway installations in the capital.
The squad comprising six RPF personnel trained in handling explosives and their detection and led by an inspector had been provided with the latest bomb detection and disposal equipment.
The unit was inaugurated by Divisional Railway Manager Rajiv Dutt Sharma in the presence of Additional Railway Manager Ashok Kumar and other officials on Tuesday.
Empty LPG tanker lorry rams shop
KANNUR: An empty LPG tanker lorry rammed into a shop here on Tuesday morning causing disruption of road traffic on the National Highway near the Thana junction.
The tanker lorry was on its way from Kozhikode to Mangalore when it slammed into the ground floor of a shopping complex at Thana.
The incident occurred at around 3.30 a.m. The vehicle stopped after hitting the shutters of the shop. The drivers cabin of the tanker lorry was damaged in the accident. The driver and cleaner of the vehicle were not injured.
It took nearly four hours to remove the tanker lorry from the spot. Road traffic on National Highway was hit for some time while the tanker lorry was being hauled out.
The tanker lorry was on its way from Kozhikode to Mangalore when it slammed into the ground floor of a shopping complex at Thana.
The incident occurred at around 3.30 a.m. The vehicle stopped after hitting the shutters of the shop. The drivers cabin of the tanker lorry was damaged in the accident. The driver and cleaner of the vehicle were not injured.
It took nearly four hours to remove the tanker lorry from the spot. Road traffic on National Highway was hit for some time while the tanker lorry was being hauled out.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Clash at Vennala
KOCHI: . A police team is camping at Kottankavu, Vennala following clashes between activists of two political parties on Sunday over building a bus waiting shed near the residential quarters of a bank near Vennala.
National policy on pension sought
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.
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.
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