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Monday, October 19, 2009

800 students take part in drawing contest


PUDUCHERRY: A drawing competition on a running train is not a novel event; it has featured in Puducherry’s calendar for nine years now, yet enthusiasm certainly has not diminished. Over 800 students from 54 schools in Puducherry, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Neyveli, Panruti and Chennai, participated in the 10th Annual Drawing Competition organised by the Pondicherry State Artists’ Society, on a running train from the Puducherry Railway Station and the Villupuram Railway Station.

Organisers said that the names of the prize winners will be announced in ten days, followed by a prize distribution ceremony.

Students from Standard IV to X took part in the contest by obtaining special tickets, and received participation certificates at the end at the Villupuram Railway Station. And in commemoration of ten years of the contest, all participants were also given lunch hampers this year.

The contest started with the commencement of the journey from Puducherry Railway Station at 7.45 a.m. on Sunday. The children soon settled down to create the picture of a family doing away with a pollution-causing device, particularly relevant in the wake of Diwali.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Villupuram ring road proposal under study

VILLUPURAM: State Highways Minister Vellakoil M. Saminathan has said that the proposal to construct a ring road in Villupuram and a bypass road at Valavanur are under consideration.

Mr. Saminathan, along with Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy and Collector R. Palanisamy, inspected some of the road improvement works at Tindivanam, Mayilam Kootterpattu, Vikkiravandi, Mundiampakkam and Ginjee on Saturday.

Later, he told reporters that the widening and repairing of 61,641-km road network in the State had been taken up and 85 per cent of the works completed. Of this, 1,613 km had been converted into six-lane roads.

In the past three years, a total length of 45,971 km of roads, including bridges, had been improved at a cost of Rs. 8,318 crore. In Villupuram district, 2,743 km of roads and 55 bridges were set right at a cost of Rs. 585 crore.

For the current year, a sum of Rs. 315 crore had been sanctioned to take up works on 836 km length of roads and 77 bridges, Mr. Saminathan said. Conceding the demand of Mr. Ponmudy, Mr. Saminathan said a service road would be laid at the Thirukkoilur overbridge.

Monday, October 05, 2009

World Bank experts study new paddy cultivation system

VILLUPURAM: Two water resource management experts from the World Bank visited Villupuram on Saturday to study the implementation of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI).

The experts namely Maxie and David A. George met Collector R. Palanisamy and elicited information about the extent of area covered under the SRI.
SRI system

The Collector said that the SRI system was being implemented through the World-Bank aided IAMWARM (Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and Water Bodies Restoration and Management) project in the district.

Of the 1.60 lakh hectares of cultivable lands in the district SRI system was adopted in 60,000 hectares so far.

The farmers were evincing keen interest on the new method of paddy cultivation and they were encouraged by the State government and the agriculture department.

The World Bank experts visited some of the farms at Pagandai and V. Mathur where the SRI system was in vogue.

They interacted with the farmers asking them about the concessions or grant given by the government, availability of bank loans and the advantage of the system.

K. Arunachalam, a progressive farmer, said that the Collector had been propagating the new agriculture concept through all forums and public functions.

The farmer further said that he also heard from his peers about the advantages of the SRI system.
Comparison

Under the traditional system of paddy cultivation 30 kg of seeds would be required for an acre, but under the SRI system just three kg of seeds were enough.

By using the rotor mechanism weeding operation could be carried out with three persons instead of the usual 15 persons.

Water consumption would also be much less, whereas, the yield would be almost double that of the regular farming method, Mr. Arunachalam said.

Impressed by the enthusiasm of the farmers the experts called upon the officials to post details of the latest technological advancement in the sphere of agriculture on website to create awareness among the new generation of farmers and the youths.

They appreciated the efforts put in by the Collector in popularising the concept.

Those who accompanied the team included P.J. Pandian and V.K. Ravindran of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, N. Ramamurthy of the Tindivanam Oil Seeds Research Centre and P. Ramalingam, Joint Director of Agriculture.
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