Says Collector in response to complaints from farmers

At a meeting convened for farmers to air their grievances here on Thursday, Collector Ashish Kumar, who presided over, asked authorities to crack down on those indulging in illegal sand mining. S. Kandasami of Velidupatti, said the illegal activity was going on for the past six months on the riverbed of Vaipar. On 17 acres of patta land, such wrongdoings have been taking place.

Condemning the Tuticorin Corporation for the unprecedented hike in drinking water charges, cadres of Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) staged a demonstration near the old corporation office on WGC Road on Wednesday.

Led by N. Shanmugaraja, district president, Tuticorin (South), the cadres demanded the corporation authorities to revoke the new regulation as it would affect the common people. They pointed out that the people cannot afford the threefold increase in the drinking water charges.

Anti-dengue operations have been intensified in Tirunelveli district even as the death toll mounted to 29. The outbreak of dengue, whose impact is seen in other southern districts, has put public health officials on their toes.

Director of Public Health R.T. Porkaipandian is in Tirunelveli with a team of officials to supervise the operations. In neighbouring Tuticorin district, four cases were under treatment at Tuticorin Medical College Hospital.

Urban local bodies (ULBs) have drawn up an action plan for revival, rehabilitation and maintenance of rain water harvesting (RWH) structures, Municipal Administration and Rural Development Minister K.P. Munusamy said on Monday.

Initiating a debate on the demands for grants of his departments, Mr. Munusamy said that the ULBs had taken up various measures for the rehabilitation of the structures. Wherever they were under repair, the ULBs had been asked to restore them. The awareness programme on RWH was being continued in all ULBs.

Energy-related engineering and manufacturing enterprise Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has approached the Tamil Nadu government to reconsider its decision on cancelling a joint venture (JV) for the Rs 8000-crore Udangudi power project in downstate Tuticorin.

"We have written to the state government that we have enhanced our capacity to 20,000 Mw. So, considering our order-book size, we can complete the project within the set target of December 2015 if the job is given to us,"

Health insurance is fast emerging as an important mechanism to finance health care needs of the people. The need for an insurance system that works on the basic principle of pooling of risks of unexpected costs of persons falling ill and needing hospitalization by charging premium from a wider population base of the same community. In the present scenario the annual expenditure on health in India amounts to about $7.00 in rural areas and $10.00 in urban areas per person, majority of care being provided by the private sector.

Tiruneveli and Tuticorin districts to benefit; cost estimated at Rs.369 crore

Work on the first phase of the Tamiraparani-Karumeniyar-Nambiyar river interlinking project is likely to be completed by the year-end. Nearly three-fourth of the work, covering two stages of the project, has been carried out. In three years of execution, Rs.160 crore out of the sanctioned Rs.213 crore was spent, said sources.

The Centre has slapped showcause notices on three more NGOs on charges of diversion of foreign contributions to uses other than declared purposes registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulatio

Denying charges of funding the anti-nuclear protests at Koodankulam, representatives of three of the four NGOs facing government action — Nagarcoil-based Rural Uplift Centre (RUC), Tuticorin Dioces

New Delhi: When the government approves a project, it is to be awarded in one go. But the Tuticorin Port Trust (TPT) decided to go against the established norm and split a contract.

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