THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to organise demonstrations in all districts on July 30 in protest against the State and Central governments failure to check prices.
In a political resolution adopted at a two-day meeting of the State council which ended here on Sunday, the party said the financial policies of the Central government and corruption were responsible for the price rise. Kerala would be the worst-affected because it was a consumer State. However, the State government was looking on as people suffered. The public distribution system had failed to help. The State Civil Supplies Corporation and other entries were functioning like commercial entities diverting and misusing supplies and selling for profit, it said.
BJP State president V. Muraleedharan told the media after the meeting that the BJP was sticking to its plan to organise a hartal in the State on Monday as the Centre was not heeding to public protests. The hartal would be not only against hike in prices of petroleum products but also against the policies of the Central government that caused general increase in prices.
A week-long campaign would be organised from July 23 over price rise.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Study seeks probe into eco impact of gelatin unit
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A study conducted by the Jananeethi Institute, a Thrissur-based voluntary organisation, about the operations of the joint sector Nitta Gelatin India Ltd. (NGIL) at Kathikudam in Thrissur district has sought a comprehensive investigation into the ecological damage being caused by the company.
The study report, released here at a press conference last week, has sought constitution of a high-power committee to assess the environmental impact of the companys operations from its inception and an expert medical team to make a thorough health survey within a 2.5-km radius of the company to study the impact of the sludge and effluents over a period of 30 years.
The company was originally set up as Kerala Chemicals and Proteins Ltd. (KCPL) in 1979 and was later rechristened Nitta Gelatin India Ltd. (NGIL) as a joint sector venture promoted by the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC). It manufactures gelatin, collagen peptide, ossein and di calcium phosphate, its main raw material being crushed animal bones.
The local populace have been complaining about rampant violation of environment safety norms causing ailments to many people in the area.
The study report, released here at a press conference last week, has sought constitution of a high-power committee to assess the environmental impact of the companys operations from its inception and an expert medical team to make a thorough health survey within a 2.5-km radius of the company to study the impact of the sludge and effluents over a period of 30 years.
The company was originally set up as Kerala Chemicals and Proteins Ltd. (KCPL) in 1979 and was later rechristened Nitta Gelatin India Ltd. (NGIL) as a joint sector venture promoted by the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC). It manufactures gelatin, collagen peptide, ossein and di calcium phosphate, its main raw material being crushed animal bones.
The local populace have been complaining about rampant violation of environment safety norms causing ailments to many people in the area.
Hike in fuel price: Left hartal today
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala will have its second hartal within a fortnight on Monday when the State joins the nation-wide Left-sponsored hartal to protest against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governments decision to decontrol petroleum product prices and jack up the prices.
The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has decided to join the hartal despite the State having registered its protest against the Central decision with a hartal on June 26 on the contention that the gravity of the situation called for such a reinforced response.
The hartal would be between 6 a. m. and 6 p.m. The LDF leadership has appealed to all sections to support the hartal taking into account the long-term implications of the Centre decision.
The Kerala Public Service Commission has postponed its tests and interviews slated for Monday.
So has the universities and other institutions. With majority of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) workers, private bus operators, taxis and autorikshaws set to join the strike, the public transport system in the State is certain to remain crippled for the major part of the day. Schools and other educational institutions have already announced an unofficial holiday on Monday.
The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has decided to join the hartal despite the State having registered its protest against the Central decision with a hartal on June 26 on the contention that the gravity of the situation called for such a reinforced response.
The hartal would be between 6 a. m. and 6 p.m. The LDF leadership has appealed to all sections to support the hartal taking into account the long-term implications of the Centre decision.
The Kerala Public Service Commission has postponed its tests and interviews slated for Monday.
So has the universities and other institutions. With majority of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) workers, private bus operators, taxis and autorikshaws set to join the strike, the public transport system in the State is certain to remain crippled for the major part of the day. Schools and other educational institutions have already announced an unofficial holiday on Monday.
Officials blamed for clearing pilot
Thiruvananthapuram: The State police are likely to initiate disciplinary action against at least four airport Emigration Check Post (ECP) officials suspected to be responsible for the oversight which allowed an airline pilot of Pakistani origin to enter the country through the international airport here in May.
Khan Khalid Rasheed, 56, a resident of Karachi, had piloted the Etihad airliner which landed here from Abu Dhabi at around 3.50 a.m. on May 6. Mr. Rasheed is holder of Pakistani passport number BF 4109113 issued from Karachi on April 7, 2010 and valid till April 6, 2015.
Investigators said usually an airline informed the ECP if they had any foreign national (particularly Pakistanis, Bangladeshis or Afghans) among its crew members or on board. The law allowed Pakistani air travellers to enter the country only through New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai airports.
Khan Khalid Rasheed, 56, a resident of Karachi, had piloted the Etihad airliner which landed here from Abu Dhabi at around 3.50 a.m. on May 6. Mr. Rasheed is holder of Pakistani passport number BF 4109113 issued from Karachi on April 7, 2010 and valid till April 6, 2015.
Investigators said usually an airline informed the ECP if they had any foreign national (particularly Pakistanis, Bangladeshis or Afghans) among its crew members or on board. The law allowed Pakistani air travellers to enter the country only through New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai airports.
Medical college hospitals bogged down by RSBY
Thiruvananthapuram: The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), or Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme, which gives a annual health expense coverage of up to Rs.30,000 a family, may have proved to be a windfall for many government hospitals. But for the medical college hospitals giving tertiary-level medical care, the scheme has not been rewarding, say administrative officials of the hospital here.
With extended paperwork and the struggle for hospitals to balance the huge claim amounts and equally huge expenditure statements, the scheme has become more of a burden for many tertiary-care hospitals, they say.
�[The] RSBY may be profitable for most public sector hospitals as the actual expenditure is low and the flow-backs of insurance payments can be considered their �profits. However, for the MCH [Medical College Hospital] here, which does a lot of high-end procedures, the expenditure is too high to rake in such �profits, a hospital official says.
With extended paperwork and the struggle for hospitals to balance the huge claim amounts and equally huge expenditure statements, the scheme has become more of a burden for many tertiary-care hospitals, they say.
�[The] RSBY may be profitable for most public sector hospitals as the actual expenditure is low and the flow-backs of insurance payments can be considered their �profits. However, for the MCH [Medical College Hospital] here, which does a lot of high-end procedures, the expenditure is too high to rake in such �profits, a hospital official says.
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
Make use of courses offered: varsity
Kozhikode: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has appealed to the people of northern districts of the State to make use of the assortment of courses and educational programmes offered by the university, which are internationally recognised, easy to access and affordable to all.
Addressing a press meet here on Saturday, IGNOU Regional Director K.S. Divakaran Nair said most people in this region were �yet to be fully informed about the enormous scope and value of what was offered by IGNOU to its learners.
�Though there are many, who enrol for different IGNOU programmes from the Malabar region, there is still to be desired more from districts like Wayanad, Malappuram and Kasaragod in terms of enrolment, he said.
Addressing a press meet here on Saturday, IGNOU Regional Director K.S. Divakaran Nair said most people in this region were �yet to be fully informed about the enormous scope and value of what was offered by IGNOU to its learners.
�Though there are many, who enrol for different IGNOU programmes from the Malabar region, there is still to be desired more from districts like Wayanad, Malappuram and Kasaragod in terms of enrolment, he said.
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