VILLUPURAM: For Pongal festival a total number of 17,40,206 free dhotis and saris will be distributed in Villupuram district.
Stocked in godown
Of these, the district has already received 14.70 lakh dhotis and saris and these have been stocked in the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation godown, according to R.Palanisamy, District Collector.
Stocks inspected
He inspected the stocks today to verify whether all the dhotis and saris carried the Co-optex seal.
Later, he told the reporters that the dispatch of these goods to taluk headquarters had already started.
The allotment to the taluks is as follows: Villupuram – 3,60,744 dhotis and saris; Vanur – 91,892; Tindivanam – 2,31,436; Ginjee – 2,27,984; Thirukkoilur – 2,09,078; Ulundurpet – 1,67,644; Kallakurichi – 2,39,428, and, Sankarapuram – 2,11,800.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Voter list verification from Wednesday
VILLUPURAM: Door-to-door verification of voter list will be carried out in the district from December 16 as part of the exercise for preparation of supplementary electoral rolls, according to R. Palanisamy, District Collector.
Officials would verify as many as 18 factors such as photographs, names, gender, relationship, address, etc. Names of those who would attain 18 years of age as on January 1, 2010 would be included. Names of the dead and those who had displaced would be deleted.
The Collector was addressing a meeting of officials attached to 1,501 polling stations across the district. After verification the officials would obtain the signatures from one member from every household and also paste the Election Commission stickers on the doors.
The officials would be imparted training as follows: for those in Villupuram and Kallakurichi – on Monday, and, for those in Tindivanam and Thirukkoilur on Tuesday.
Those who attended the meeting included P. Kuppusamy, Chief Educational Officer, Mahboob Ali, Personal Assistant (General) to Collector and other officials.
Officials would verify as many as 18 factors such as photographs, names, gender, relationship, address, etc. Names of those who would attain 18 years of age as on January 1, 2010 would be included. Names of the dead and those who had displaced would be deleted.
The Collector was addressing a meeting of officials attached to 1,501 polling stations across the district. After verification the officials would obtain the signatures from one member from every household and also paste the Election Commission stickers on the doors.
The officials would be imparted training as follows: for those in Villupuram and Kallakurichi – on Monday, and, for those in Tindivanam and Thirukkoilur on Tuesday.
Those who attended the meeting included P. Kuppusamy, Chief Educational Officer, Mahboob Ali, Personal Assistant (General) to Collector and other officials.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Counselling for teachers of 13 districts begins
TIRUCHI: A two-day counselling session for candidates to be recruited as secondary grade teachers for government schools in 13 districts in the State began in the city on Thursday.
The Department of School Education was to fill up 2,079 vacancies in government schools in 15 districts and the teachers were to be recruited based on the seniority list of candidates furnished by the Department of Employment.
The Teachers Recruitment Board had forwarded a list of 1,958 eligible candidates based on their seniority.
Of the total vacancies, 631 vacancies were filled up at the counselling sessions held in the respective districts on Wednesday.
Vacancies in two districts were filled up during the district level counselling.
Counselling was held here for the remaining vacancies in the 13 districts of Perambalur, Tiruvarur, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Coimbatore, Salem, Erode, Tiruvannamalai, Pudukottai, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Nagapattinam and Kancheepuram. M. Kuttralingam, Secretary, School Education Department, K. Devarajan, Director, School Education, Muthu Palanisamy and S. Karmegam, Joint Directors, supervised the counselling sessions.
On the first day, counselling was held first for physically challenged candidates. According to Mr. Devarajan, among those selected were 54 physically challenged candidates, 835 women and 426 men. After the candidates selected their choice of place of work, from the list of vacancies, they were issued allotment orders after completion of other formalities. The candidates would be issued the posting orders on Monday at their respective District Education Officers.
Answering a query, Mr. Devarajan said that the new recruits would soon be provided training in active learning methodology and activity based learning.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Cash prizes for SC, ST students
CHENNAI: Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday distributed cash prizes to 13 students belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Adi Dravidars converted to Christianity, who scored high marks in the public examinations for Standard X and XII in March this year.
Toppers in the examination for Standard X were given Rs.10,000 each. They are B. Revathy of Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli district; K. Nurpavi of Cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai; S. Karthick Kumar of Tenkasi, Tirunelveli; R. Tharani of Ponmalai Patty, Tiruchi; J. Jishanth of Nagercoil, Kanyakumari; J. Gnana Deepa Priyadarshini, Pallavaram, Kancheepuram and Joel Prabu of Tindivanam, Villupuram.
Those who emerged toppers in the examination for Standard XII were given Rs. 25,000 each.
They are N. Kabilan of Uthangarai, Krishnagiri district; R. Abirami of Keeranoor Valasu, Namakkal; B. Sujith of Thindal, Erode; R. Charanya of Puzhuthivakkam, Kancheepuram; S. Nivya Premkumari of Brammapuram-Tirupattur, Vellore and T. Veeramani of Royappanpatti, Theni.
Mr. Stalin also gave away assistance to beneficiaries of various economic development schemes being implemented by the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation.
Land deeds
Under the agricultural land purchase scheme for women, 23 beneficiaries were given land deeds. Financial assistance would be provided to 400 beneficiaries under the loan scheme for individuals and 27 persons under the youth self-employment scheme.
As of now, 30 beneficiaries were given autorickshaw vehicles. Besides, 1,182 members of self-help groups were covered under the revolving fund and 912 persons given economic assistance.
The Deputy Chief Minister also gave away financial assistance to 86 SC candidates, who are preparing for the Civil Services main examination after clearing the preliminaries.
Toppers in the examination for Standard X were given Rs.10,000 each. They are B. Revathy of Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli district; K. Nurpavi of Cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai; S. Karthick Kumar of Tenkasi, Tirunelveli; R. Tharani of Ponmalai Patty, Tiruchi; J. Jishanth of Nagercoil, Kanyakumari; J. Gnana Deepa Priyadarshini, Pallavaram, Kancheepuram and Joel Prabu of Tindivanam, Villupuram.
Those who emerged toppers in the examination for Standard XII were given Rs. 25,000 each.
They are N. Kabilan of Uthangarai, Krishnagiri district; R. Abirami of Keeranoor Valasu, Namakkal; B. Sujith of Thindal, Erode; R. Charanya of Puzhuthivakkam, Kancheepuram; S. Nivya Premkumari of Brammapuram-Tirupattur, Vellore and T. Veeramani of Royappanpatti, Theni.
Mr. Stalin also gave away assistance to beneficiaries of various economic development schemes being implemented by the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation.
Land deeds
Under the agricultural land purchase scheme for women, 23 beneficiaries were given land deeds. Financial assistance would be provided to 400 beneficiaries under the loan scheme for individuals and 27 persons under the youth self-employment scheme.
As of now, 30 beneficiaries were given autorickshaw vehicles. Besides, 1,182 members of self-help groups were covered under the revolving fund and 912 persons given economic assistance.
The Deputy Chief Minister also gave away financial assistance to 86 SC candidates, who are preparing for the Civil Services main examination after clearing the preliminaries.
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Cell phone users flock centres for IMEI numbers
VILLUPURAM: Those who own unbranded cell phones continue to flock GII (Genuine IMEI Implant) centres in Villupuram and Cuddalore to get the mandatory 15-digit International Mobile Equipment Identity numbers.
The centres obtain the IMEI numbers over the Internet from an authorised dealer for a fee. While the official fee for getting the IMEI is Rs.199, some centres are collecting Rs.250 per handset.
For handsets with dual SIM cards, they charge Rs.500, much in excess of the stipulated fee, allege cell phone owners. It normally takes 10 minutes to implant the IMEI numbers, but some centres are taking 10 days and the reason for the delay is not clearly spelt out.
The new stipulation has come in handy for unscrupulous traders to recycle the IMEI numbers of scrapped cell phones, according to E. Senthil Kumar of S.K. Teleshope in Villupuram, an authorised GII centre. Mr. Kumar told this correspondent that certain handsets might have become dysfunctional owing to immersion in water or other factors. Exploiting the situation, some money-minded traders were handing out the IMEI numbers of the “dead sets” to unsuspecting customers.
Mr. Kumar said that after cell phone owners gave the identity proof along with the prescribed fee his centre would get the IMEI numbers from the main dealer in Chennai.
In such an instance, a printout carrying the IMEI number would be given to the customers, whereas those running the clandestine trade would not issue any receipts. He said that mostly handsets with the “Made in China” and “Made in Korea” labels came without the IMEI numbers.
The customers were attracted to these sets because of their range of features at lesser cost. Mr. Kumar further said that once the IMEI number was duly obtained the cell phones would get automatically activated and therefore there was no need to approach the service providers concerned.
There was no time limit for obtaining the IMEI numbers and the November 30 deadline was for decommissioning the cell phones without the IMEI numbers, he added.
The centres obtain the IMEI numbers over the Internet from an authorised dealer for a fee. While the official fee for getting the IMEI is Rs.199, some centres are collecting Rs.250 per handset.
For handsets with dual SIM cards, they charge Rs.500, much in excess of the stipulated fee, allege cell phone owners. It normally takes 10 minutes to implant the IMEI numbers, but some centres are taking 10 days and the reason for the delay is not clearly spelt out.
The new stipulation has come in handy for unscrupulous traders to recycle the IMEI numbers of scrapped cell phones, according to E. Senthil Kumar of S.K. Teleshope in Villupuram, an authorised GII centre. Mr. Kumar told this correspondent that certain handsets might have become dysfunctional owing to immersion in water or other factors. Exploiting the situation, some money-minded traders were handing out the IMEI numbers of the “dead sets” to unsuspecting customers.
Mr. Kumar said that after cell phone owners gave the identity proof along with the prescribed fee his centre would get the IMEI numbers from the main dealer in Chennai.
In such an instance, a printout carrying the IMEI number would be given to the customers, whereas those running the clandestine trade would not issue any receipts. He said that mostly handsets with the “Made in China” and “Made in Korea” labels came without the IMEI numbers.
The customers were attracted to these sets because of their range of features at lesser cost. Mr. Kumar further said that once the IMEI number was duly obtained the cell phones would get automatically activated and therefore there was no need to approach the service providers concerned.
There was no time limit for obtaining the IMEI numbers and the November 30 deadline was for decommissioning the cell phones without the IMEI numbers, he added.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
World AIDS Day observed in Cuddalore, Villupuram
CUDDALORE: Rallies and administering oaths marked the World AIDS Day observance in Cuddalore and Villupuram districts on Tuesday.
District Collectors P.Seetharaman and R.Palanisamy administered the oath to the gatherings at the Camp Office and the Collectorate respectively to the effect that nothing would be done to hurt the feelings of the HIV/AIDS patients.
They conveyed the message that self-discipline was dearer to them than life and all would join together in the endeavour to create HIV/AIDS-free India.
The para-medical staff took out a rally in Cuddalore from the Camp Office to the main bus stand.
They carried placards calling upon the patients to focus on achieving something great, underscoring the need for donating and infusing safe blood and loyal to the spouses. A cultural troupe also set out on a van to stage skits to create awareness among the people about the scourge.
At Villupuram about 1,000 students, N.S.S. volunteers and representatives of non-governmental organisations took out a rally from the Collectorate to the old bus stand. Those who were present at the flag-off point included Joint Director (Health) R.Dharmalingam, Deputy Director (Health) K.Krishnarajan and Personal Assistant to Collector Ganesan.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
TNEB to introduce automated fault reporting system
CHENNAI: The tiresome ritual of calling the local Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) official during powercuts could soo be a thing of the past, if a new experiment of the board clicks.
The system, which is part of remote monitoring of transformers being taken up by the TNEB, involves a modem attached to transformers. The modem detects repairs, if any, to the transformer and automatically sends messages to the computers and mobile phones of the assistant engineer. The first such modem has been fixed to a transformer on Bishop Hall Road off CIT Colony. The TNEB will fix modems in over 150 distribution transformer meters across the State in five feeders situated in Chennai, Villupuram, Madurai metro and in Coimbatore for the pilot study which will start from February 2010.
The Society for Applied Microwave Electronics and Research Engineering (SAMEER) is helping the TNEB in making the modems. "The messages from the modems would be sent also to the mobile phones of the local engineer and to the computers of senior officials in the TNEB. The SMS will be automatically deleted only after the fault is repaired. This facilitates early rectification of the problem and also keeps a check on the efficiency of the staff," said a senior TNEB official.
These devices will also send out messages to the officials in case the load factor in a particular transformer increases or decreases beyond a limit. When the load in a transformer increases abruptly, the officials can investigate the cause and find out if there has been any power theft. "During meetings and festivals, the power is illegally drawn from the transformer. The modem then messages the area engineer about the overdrawing and the theft can be detected and stopped immediately," said the official.
This will also help identify line loss while the generated power is being transferred from the production point to the sub-station and later to the distribution transformers. "The main aim of the research is for energy accounting. We will know how much power is supplied and how much is distributed," the official said.
The modems are indigenous and have been made to suit the specific needs of TNEB. "They are on a par with the imported modems, but costs less," said the official.
Read more: TNEB to introduce automated fault reporting system - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/TNEB-to-introduce-automated-fault-reporting-system/articleshow/5334331.cms#ixzz0ztfXTtrd
The system, which is part of remote monitoring of transformers being taken up by the TNEB, involves a modem attached to transformers. The modem detects repairs, if any, to the transformer and automatically sends messages to the computers and mobile phones of the assistant engineer. The first such modem has been fixed to a transformer on Bishop Hall Road off CIT Colony. The TNEB will fix modems in over 150 distribution transformer meters across the State in five feeders situated in Chennai, Villupuram, Madurai metro and in Coimbatore for the pilot study which will start from February 2010.
The Society for Applied Microwave Electronics and Research Engineering (SAMEER) is helping the TNEB in making the modems. "The messages from the modems would be sent also to the mobile phones of the local engineer and to the computers of senior officials in the TNEB. The SMS will be automatically deleted only after the fault is repaired. This facilitates early rectification of the problem and also keeps a check on the efficiency of the staff," said a senior TNEB official.
These devices will also send out messages to the officials in case the load factor in a particular transformer increases or decreases beyond a limit. When the load in a transformer increases abruptly, the officials can investigate the cause and find out if there has been any power theft. "During meetings and festivals, the power is illegally drawn from the transformer. The modem then messages the area engineer about the overdrawing and the theft can be detected and stopped immediately," said the official.
This will also help identify line loss while the generated power is being transferred from the production point to the sub-station and later to the distribution transformers. "The main aim of the research is for energy accounting. We will know how much power is supplied and how much is distributed," the official said.
The modems are indigenous and have been made to suit the specific needs of TNEB. "They are on a par with the imported modems, but costs less," said the official.
Read more: TNEB to introduce automated fault reporting system - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/TNEB-to-introduce-automated-fault-reporting-system/articleshow/5334331.cms#ixzz0ztfXTtrd
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