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Free eye camp for municipal staff inaugurated

Friday, 08 October 2010 11:07 administrator
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The Hindu  08.10.2010

Free eye camp for municipal staff inaugurated

Staff Reporter


Krishnagiri Municipal chairperson B. Farida Nawab (left) at the free eye camp conducted for the municipal employees on Thursday. —

KRISHNAGIRI: A free eye screening camp for over 200 municipal employees was inaugurated at the municipal office premises here on Thursday.

Chairperson B. Farida Nawab inaugurated the camp in the presence of M.E. Loganathan, Commissioner. The camp was organised in association with the Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital in Krishnagiri.

S. Arun Prasad, spokesperson of the hospital, says over 100 employees were screened on Thursday and the camp will be extended to Friday so as to cover the entire employees. Over hundred eye camps were conducted by the Krishnagiri and Hosur hospitals for the past one year in the district.

The hospital is conducting free eye screening camps as a service in the remote villages, schools and colleges in the district with the cooperation of the local bodies and the concerned institutions.

Ms. Nawab also distributed free gas stoves with LPG connection to 4,000 below the poverty line families living in different wards at a simple function in the presence of the officials and councillors.

With this, the number of free gas stoves and LPG connections distributed to the BPL families in the town has increased to 7260.

Last Updated on Friday, 08 October 2010 11:09
 

Corporation ready to take monsoon test

Thursday, 07 October 2010 11:37 administrator
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The New Indian Express  07.10.2010

Corporation ready to take monsoon test

CHENNAI: Corporation Commissioner D Karthikeyan on Wednesday said that the civic body was fully ready to tackle the monsoon rains and all arrangements were in place.

Speaking to reporters at his first formal meeting with the media at Ripon Buildings here, the Commissioner said, “In an effort to ensure that there is no flooding in the city during the ensuing rainy season, about 88 high-powered motor pumps have been kept ready at the 10 zonal offices.” Besides, about 60 high-potential motor pumps have been positioned at the civic body-maintained 12 subways in the city, Karthikeyan said.

To ensure free flow of rainwater, about 600 km of storm water drain network have been desilted so far and another 200 km will be cleansed within a week, he said.

Karthikeyan added that the Corporation would approach the government to deploy nodal officers (IAS officials) for every zone to monitor the flood situation in case of heavy downpour,.

Zonal assistant commissioners have been asked to keep community halls, corporation schools and noon meal centres ready to accommodate people in case of mass evacuation. Corporation- run kitchens could prepare food for 8,000 people per hour to serve people displaced due to flooding, the Commissioner informed.

Meanwhile, Mayor M Subramanian inspected a few canals in the city and inspected the desilting work.

Directing engineers to complete desilting work at the earliest, he urged officials to employ more motor pumps at prominent junctions.

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 October 2010 11:39
 

Civic body appoints workers on compassionate grounds

Thursday, 07 October 2010 10:40 administrator
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The Hindu  07.10.2010

Civic body appoints workers on compassionate grounds

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New beginning:Mayor R. Venkatachalam (right) handing over an appointment order to a person recruited by the Coimbatore Corporation recently. Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra (second right) is in the picture.

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation appointed recently 47 persons on compassionate grounds to fill up various posts.

These included 22 conservancy workers and 14 unskilled workers.

With this, the Corporation said it had so far recruited 279 persons on compassionate grounds.

Totally, 165 conservancy workers had been appointed under compassionate grounds from May 13, 2006 to October 30 this year.

The Corporation said it wanted to ensure adequate number of conservancy workers across the city so that garbage removal was prompt. In the direct recruitment mode, the civic body appointed 842 workers during this period.

With the Government lifting the ban on recruitment, the Corporation appointed 90 junior assistant-cum-typists , a measure that was persistently demanded by Councillors.

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 October 2010 10:41
 
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