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Rajahmundry urban police district soon

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 10:26 administrator
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The New Indian Express 17.11.2009

Rajahmundry urban police district soon

Express News Service


RAJAHMUNDRY: Rajahmundry City will get ‘Police Urban District’ status by January 2010. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the police top brass held at Hyderabad twodays ago. Meanwhile, the government has also issued orders to this effect.

After becoming urban district, the Police Department will be strengthened in the city. One superintendent of police, three additional superintendent of police, six deputy superintendent of police, eleven inspectors, thirty sub-inspectors and 500 constables will be appointed in addition to the existing 500 personnel.

As part of the urban police district, Rajanagaram, Sitanagaram, Kadiyam and Rajahmundry Rural mandals will be brought under the jurisdiction of the urban district. A few more new police stations will be added to the existing stations.

Visakhapatnam region Inspector- General of Police Tripati and East Godavari District Superintendent of Police Y Nagi Reddy were among those who attended the meeting.

The meeting discussed about the basic facilities and the new buildings to be constructed for the urban police office and other related offices.

The population in the city is at about 4.50 lakh and it will rise to seven lakh with the inclusion of Rajanagaram, Sitanagaram, Kadiyam and Rajahmundry Rural mandals.

In addition to this about one lakh people from various places visit the city. National Highway No five passes from the outskirts of the city and many townships and industries were coming up around the city. With this, the government took a decision to give police urban district status to the city. With this, the work load of the district superintendent of police will be reduced.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 November 2009 10:41
 

Wall paintings turn out to be washout

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 05:04 administrator
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Deccan Chronicle 17.11.2009

Wall paintings turn out to be washout

November 17th, 2009
By Our Correspondent
Tags: Nandanam, YMCA

Chennai corporation, as part of its beautification drive, banned graffiti and wall posters on arterial roads, including Anna Salai, and beautified them with wall paintings and murals.

Heavy downpour for over a week has damaged the paintings on YMCA wall at Nandanam, raising questions about the quality of the work.
“While paintings of political leaders by street artists on the walls of Binny mill building in Perambur remain unaffected by rains, why should paintings meant for beautifying the city wither away in a few months?” asked a senior artist.

However, Mr J.P. Krishna, another senior artist who did the paintings, said the damage would be rectified soon. “Over 20 paintings on the YMCA wall were like our early samples. We did not have enough time before painting the wet walls with enamel paints,” he reasoned.

“We will re-paint them. The corporation readies the walls and hands them over to us. We painted on wet walls to meet the deadline,” he explained.

“Anyone interested in seeing a beautiful Chennai with paintings and murals decorating its walls will be disappointed to see the first beautiful paintings withering away in less than six months,” said Mr Kishore, a Nandanam resident.

With Sardar Patel road, Cathedral road, Poonamallee high road, Medavakkam tank road, Kamarajar road to be decorated with paintings and murals, quality should be ensured by the city corporation. A leading artist, requesting anonymity, said good quality alone could help stop such disasters.

 

Adventure sports sink in PCMC boat club

Monday, 16 November 2009 11:20 administrator
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Indian Express 16.11.2009

Adventure sports sink in PCMC boat club

A month-and-a-half after monsoon ended, the Boat Club of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation at Thergaon still has few takers. While officials are blaming it on inclement weather, activists and sports enthusiasts blame civic apathy that has allowing sports infrastructure to remain idle.

The Boat Club and the adjoining gardens where various equipment for children are available were set up by the PCMC more than nine years ago. The civic administration invested around Rs 5 crore on the infrastructure. To promote adventure sports in the town, the administration decided to open the Boat Club area at the Thergaon to public for rowing, canoeing and kayaking by handing it over to a private party.

The Sunny Sports Centre was given the task of training students and enthusiasts in the three activities. The centre went a step forward and set up the Water Sport Academy. “We set up the academy because the state government had made it mandatory when it handed over the land in the area to the PCMC,” said Sunny Sabestian, who started the centre. The Boat Club is the only one of its kind run by any civic body or cantonment in Pune.

Sabestian said that he was no more associated with the PCMC sports activity and has no clue whether the activities are taking place or not. “Our centre used to train students in rowing, canoeing and kayaking. At least, 50 students have played national championships all because of the academy’s activities. The Boat Club area has been of immense help,” said Sabestian.

Pravin Rayate, an activist from Kalewadi, said a lot of people, who visit the Boat Club site, spent time in the garden, but there is hardly any activity as far as the Boat Club is concerned. “Earlier, it was common to find students practising kayaking or rowing,” he said.

Employees of PCMC’s garden said the Boat Club remains closed during monsoon but soon picks momentum.

PCMC’s sports in-charge Sahebrao Gaikwad said he wasn’t aware whether sports activities are going on or have stopped. “But we are going to appoint a new private party to run the show in Thergaon. We will ensure that rowing, kayaing and canoeing activities also start,” he said.

PCMC sports committee member Babu Nair said like the Boat Club, there are also other sports infrastructure that have remained unutilised or underutilised. “The issue has been discussed in sports committee meetings. The committee has come to the conclusion that all the ills affecting sports activities in the PCMC jurisdiction is because of the absence of a sports policy. The PCMC never had such a policy and we have already taken up the issue with the municipal commissioner,” Nair said.

Last Updated on Monday, 16 November 2009 11:22
 
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