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Special camp held for differently abled

Wednesday, 13 February 2013 08:08 administrator
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The Hindu             13.02.2013

Special camp held for differently abled

 Timely:The physically challenged personsbeing helped to come out of the special campat Palayamkottai on Tuesday.— Photo: A. SHAIKMOHIDEEN

Timely:The physically challenged personsbeing helped to come out of the special campat Palayamkottai on Tuesday.— Photo: A. SHAIKMOHIDEEN.
 
The district administration had made comprehensive arrangements for distributing a range of welfare measures to the differently abled – right from the National Identity Card to get monthly assistance – by bringing around 25 government departments under one roof here on Tuesday.

Subsequently, top officials, including public health, transport, revenue, backward class welfare, Adi Dravida Welfare, education, employment and training, rural development, District Industries Centre, Lead Bank, Cooperative Bank, Corporation etc., were brought to Florence Swainson Higher Secondary School for the Deaf at Palayamkottai.

After the percentage of deformity was assessed, the beneficiaries’ actual requirement of the physically challenged was fulfilled at the venue itself apart from providing them with the free bus pass and the order for getting monthly assistance of Rs.1,000. At the end of the day, 532 differently-abed persons received Rs. 15.88 lakh-worth assistance from Collector C. Samayamoorthy.

“We’ll organize similar camps in all taluks before March 10,” said Mr. Samayamoorthy.

The Corporation had spent over Rs. 1.50 lakh for making elaborate arrangements for the successful conduct of this camp. “As the camp attracted over 1,000 persons, including the beneficiaries and their assistants, we had to provide them lunch besides creating temporary arrangement for them to wait in a consoling ambience,” said a Corporation official.

Mayor Vijila Sathyananth, chairman of Palayamkottai M. Christhurajan and District Differently-abled Welfare Officer F. Shanthi Glory Emerald were present.

Following are the places for the special camps: Palayamkottai (at Bishop Sargent School for the Mentally Retarded on February 14), Alangulam (Panchayat Union Office, February 16), Tenkasi (Panchayat Union Office, February 19), Shencottai (Panchayat Union Office, February 21), Veerakeralamputhur (Panchayat Union Office, Paavoorchathram, February 23), Ambasamudram (Panchayat Union Office, February 26), Nanguneri (Panchayat Union Office, February 28), Radhapuram (Helen Flarity Differently-abled Welfare Centre, March 2), Sankarankovil (Panchayat Union Office, March 5) and Sivagiri (Panchayat Union Office, Vasudevanallur, March 7) and Maanur (Panchayat Union Office, March 9).

Aspirants should bring along with them ration card, identity card for the disabled, educational qualifications and five passport size photographs.

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 February 2013 10:22
 

525 dogs removed from government hospitals

Thursday, 06 September 2012 06:20 administrator
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The Hindu   06.09.2012

525 dogs removed from government hospitals

CHENNAI: Corporation of Chennai staff have removed 525 dogs from various government hospitals in the city with the help of volunteers of NGOs working in animal welfare. The animals will later be released to their old territories after sterilization.The drive comes after the body of a 12-day-old infant was eaten by rodents at the government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Women and Children in Triplicane.During the drive, launched with the help of volunteers from the Blue Cross, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty against Animals and the People for Animals, 16 cats and 3,048 rats have also been caught.Corporation commissioner D Karthikeyan said, "We have been engaged in catching dogs, especially from hospitals. But the main challenge is to leave them in the same locality after sterilization.
 
They will not be left on hospital premises. The Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme will be implemented across the city." Animal lovers said the dogs should be released in the same place.Blue Cross Society general manager Don Williams said, "According to ABC rules, after sterilizing dogs we have to leave them at the place from where we picked them up. Otherwise, dogs from other territories could come there in search of food. This could pose a big threat to local residents.
 
So it is better not to damage the balance of the habitat."The organization said it had been vaccinating dogs since 1964 and the stray dog population has reduced drastically.But some residents are worried. "If the civic body plans to leave these dogs in the same place after the sterilization, what is the point of catching them?" asked a resident of Adyar.Following complaints from residents, the corporation recently decided to permit more NGOs to take part in the ABC programme in the city's extended areas. Experts say that though sterilization is a one-time effort, vaccinations need to be carried out every year. During the first round, dogs are sterilized and given anti-rabies shots.Their ears are notched so that they can be identified for follow-up action. 

Last Updated on Thursday, 06 September 2012 06:23
 

2,248 rats down after drive by Chennai Corporation

Wednesday, 05 September 2012 08:42 administrator
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The New Indian Express    05.09.2012

2,248 rats down after drive by Chennai Corporation

By Express News Service - CHENNAI

A majority of the rat traps were placed at government hospitals, while others were placed at markets, warehouses, beaches and other open areas | P Jawahar
A majority of the rat traps were placed at government hospitals, while others were placed at markets, warehouses, beaches and other open areas | P Jawahar 

The Chennai Corporation has announced that it has finished a drive to tackle the rat menace in the city. The drive was held by Corporation staff between August 29 and September 2, with a special focus on government hospitals  in the Corporation limits.

The local body has claimed it has killed a total of 2,248 rats in the week-long drive. Around 1,200 of the Corporation’s malaria workers, who also take care of rat control responsibilities placed over 26,000 traps with rat poison.

A majority of these traps were placed in government hospitals, while others were placed at markets, warehouses, beaches and other open areas.

“The Corporation does this on a regular basis anyway at markets and beaches, and also sometimes at hospitals, when the managements request us. So far this year, we have killed over 5,000 rats and now we have killed another 2,248 in this drive alone,” said Pooja Kulkarni, Corporation’s Joint Commissioner (Health).

She added that the civic body has taken definitive steps to address the rat menace in the extended areas. “We have had 1,200 malaria workers in the city areas. Most of the extended areas did not have these workers. Only Ambattur had a few malaria workers to take on the insect and rat menace. Now, we have employed 800 malaria workers on a contract basis to take up these operations in the extended areas,” said Kulkarni.

The 800 contract malaria workers have been employed on three-month contracts. .The civic body would reconsider a further course of action on this front at the end of the three months, said Kulkarni.

The Chennai Corporation is also in the process on training 45 pest control workers from the nine other Municipal Corporations of Tamil Nadu.

These workers have taken part in a training camp on September 3 and 4. The training has been divided into two sessions. While one deals with the theory, techniques and precautions, the other focuses on field training, where the workers place traps in the evenings and check on them the following morning.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 September 2012 08:45
 
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