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Kerala Governor M O H Farook Passes Away
M O H Farook
Kerala Governor and ex Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry M O H Farook (75) passed away yesterday night at 9:10 pm at Chennai Apollo Hospital due to kidney failure. He was under dialysis treatment. He was appointed the 19th Governor of Kerala on 25 August 2011 replacing R S Gavai and took charge of office on 8 September 2011. He was the Governor of Jharkand before being appointed as the Governor of Kerala. He was the youngest Chief Minister in the country, when he was elected as the Chief Minister of Pondicherry (now Puducherry) at the age of just 29.
The Mullaperiyar Dam Story
The Mullaperiyar Dam which exists across Periyar River in Idukki has passed its 116 years. It was constructed by a British engineer under the supervision of Mr. Benny Cook in the year 1895 with the agreement signed by the king of Travancore. It was predicted with a life span of 50 years. There were occurred minor earthquakes before, since 1979. Since then safety concerns were raised by Kerala Government, due to the leaks and cracks in the dam. Now it was passed 66 years more than the expected life time.
The recently occurred tremors in Idukki had shaken the old dam. And so it is the current issue, that the dam will not suffer any more EQs with magnitude more than 6 in Richter scale. And if it occurs, it will become the terrific disaster that had ever occurred in the Asian continent. According to the study committee the temporary method to reduce the huge human loss is to lift down the water level from 136 feet to 120 feet. Kerala is willing to construct the new dam by stably providing sufficient water to Tamil Nadu. But this attempt is opposed by Tamil Nadu authorities. The reason that lined up by the state is that the dam is strong enough to withstand any tremors and so there is no need for a new one. Besides, Tamil Nadu is demanding to maintain the water level at 136 ft. itself to face the emerging needs for irrigation and power generation. They are saying that the Kerala political leaders are simply spreading panic among the public. So to make a solution to this problem, the Kerala chief minister Oomen Chandy recommended the PM Manmohan Singh to directly involve in the issue. Also he suggested the Roorkee IIT to conduct a hazard assessment. Supreme Court is demanding a join settlement of two states in the issue. But it will not happen till the accusation among the political leaders of two states remains. If any disaster occurs, lakhs of people in four districts, Idukki, Ernakulam, Kottayam and Alappuzha as well as the wild life sanctuary will be vanished. So by seriously considering the life of more than thirty lakh people, the state govt. should go ahead with the construction of a new dam.
Anyway this issue has made a threat among the people in Kerala. People protested against the lack of action throughout the state. It is notable that the Kerala state authorities have not taken any safety measures yet to protect the people residing down areas of the dam. Now the important thing is to take action to empty the surroundings of the dam. The failure of Periyar dam could lead to the failure of Idukki arch dam. Though the evacuation of people is impossible, state govt. should take precautions to protect the people. So it’s the time for the two states to stop its arguments and started to work together.
ANNA HAZARE: A STORY OF ANTI- CORUPTION WAR
Kisan Baburao Hazare who is known amoung the masses as Anna Hazare, was born on 15 June 1937. His native place, Bhinagar village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state was a small undeveloped place where everyone struggled with their lives to move on. He too belonged to a labourer family.
Anna Hazare started his career in the Indian army. During those 15 years which he worked as a soldier, Hazare was selected to serve the country in different states. He was posted at the border when Pakistan attacked India in the Year 1965. It was in 1978 that he took voluntary retirement from the army and returned to his native place, Ralegan Siddhi, a drought prone area in the Amedanagar district. They received a poor annual rainfall of 400 to 500 mm.
And it was the misery and trouble of his people to fetch water that led Anna to his first reformation activity. He was inspired by the water shed management project implemented by Vilasrao Salunke at Saswad and he decided to make use of it in his village also.
The result- the groundwater level increased considerably and Ralegan Siddhi became a role model which improved from a worst village to an ideal village.
It is said that once he was tired of living and he couldn’t find a purpose to move on. It was then he accidently came across a book written by Swami Vivekananda. Anna Hazare was deeply influenced by the views and ideologies of Swami Vivekananda and he found out that the purpose of his life was to serve others, to serve his fellow beings who suffer, to make them feel better and improve their lives. This decision was the turning point in his life. He started a social reformation movement called Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Andolan (BVJA) and began his war against corruption. He chose hunger strike as his weapon and protested against corrupt officers at every level of administration. Irrespective of the parties he forced every government to take action against the corrupt ministers and officials.
His indefinite hunger strikes brought to light many stories of corruption, and the guilty were punished. Many times he was imprisoned but was released due to enormous public protests. It was he who made the right To Information act (RTI) into reality.
And now at the age of 73, Anna Hazare has again came forward for the rights of his people with the Jan Lok Pal bill. The government didn’t accept the bill proposed by him and became ready to pass the bill with a few changes. But he didn’t retreat from his needs. And we are witnessing another anti- corruption war from this one man army.
THE FIRST CRUISE LINE IN INDIA STARTING FROM KOCHI
India’s own first cruise line, Amet cruise started it’s working at Kochi. Under the leadership of Amet Shipping Private Ltd, the MV Amet Majesty will now travel from Kochi to Maldives and Lakshadweep. The travels that start from Kochi at the first week of October will last till 2012 April. Dr. J. Ramachandran, the chairman of Amet Shipping India Private Ltd and the Managing Director and CEO of the company, Bharathi had announced it together at a press conference conducted at Kochi.
They said that Amet Cruise is first Indian company to bring cruise tourism to India. The foreign cruise lines that came earlier were just travelling through a few ports and were unaffordable to the common people. But the Amet cruise is presenting tour packages that are cheap and easily affordable to the common people. The Kochin port trust is providing full support to the cruise vessel in Kochi also. The MV Amet is planning to provide its services every year after the monsoon season. Every week they are planning a mid – ocean trip, a two night Lakshadweep trip and a four night Maldives travel and it will certainly be a pleasure to all those who wish to spend some time at the ocean.
Amet Majesty is the first luxurious ship in an Indian ownership. The ship has 267 cabins including junior suits and premier suits with it. They are also planning to include seven star cabins in this project in the future.
The Amet Shipping Company authorities are of the opinion that India is a land which has very much in it for the luxurious ship tourism business. The cruise is also providing all the facilities for various functions such as marriage, religious practice programs etc. And it is already drawing the attention of the people. The authorities explained that they are already receiving a lot of enquires relating the availability of the cruise for different occasions. Already the ship has been booked to host for about four wedding functions.
The north Indian families have a habit of celebrating the wedding ceremonies as a full on week program and they are the ones who take a more keen interest in having these functions being held with such fabulous facilities. The cruise is also preparing to host various training programs such as the yoga classes of Baba Ramdev in the future. Many have already expressed their interests in this. The press conference was also attended by the executive director Ros Masood.
Exit poll Kerala 2011 results announcement
Post Poll Results 2011 by Different Agencies
Headlines Today Survey (HT-ORG)
Kerala – UDF – 88 to 95 Seats, LDF – 45 to 52 Seats, BJP – 00 Seats
Tamilnadu – AIADMK – 105 to 120, DMK – 115 to 130
WB – Left will loose
C-FOR survey Results
Kerala – UDF- 72 to 82 Seats, LDF- 58 to 68 Seats, BPJ – 0 to 2 Seats
Star News
Kerala – UDF – 82 Seats, LDF – 49 Seats
CVOTER
Kerala – UDF – 83-91 Seat, LDF s– 49-57 Seats
CSBS
Kerala – LDF – 69 to 77 Seats, UDF – 63 to 71 Seats
Assam – Cong – 64 to 72, AGP+ – upto 33
Tamilnadu – ADMK+ – 120-132, DMK – 102 to 114
W.Bengal – TMC+ 222 to 234, Left – 60 to 72
Yeskerala.com Readers Survey
UDF – 47%, LDF – 39%, BJP – 10%, others – 3.5% (All are approx. figures only)
Kerala Assembly Election Results
As a part of Assembly election which was held in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bengal, Assam, and Puthucheri, the results of exit poll, and post polls which are conducted by different Medias and agencies announced officially on today. The results start to publishing in different channels, websites and News papers. Yeskerala.com will also publish the exit polls on today. As per the strict order by the election commission, the exit poll results are start to publish only after whole the phases of Election. Today only the final phase of the election at Bengal is over. After completed the final Election Day in Bengal, Medias start to announce the Exit Poll and Post Poll result which was conducted by them. Election commission officially restrained declaration of exit poll and post poll results without completing whole election procedures.
The C-FOR survey which was conducted by Asianet also will announce the result on today evening. Asianet C-FOR post poll survey will be disclosure at 5pm. The survey which was conducted by CSDS (Center for the study of Developing Society) under the leadership of Dr. Yagendra Yadev for the magazine, The Weak and channels like CNN-IBN will also announce on today evening.
TV Schedules of Post Poll Surveys
5:00 pm on Asianet News
5:00 pm on CNN-IBN
5: pm on Manorama News (Details at 7 pm)
8: pm on IBN7
SUBSIDY FOR EDUCATIONAL LOAN
Educational Loan facility is started by Central Government for students from financially backward families. They even started giving interest subsidy for educational loan in the year 2009-10. Not many know about interest reduction from the central government.
Interest subsidy is applicable for students from families whose yearly income is less than 4.5lakhs INR. Interest reduction is given to the loan taken in between April 2009 and March 2010. Any loan taken before this period will get interest for amount of rupees paid to the bank.
Central Ministry for Human Resource selected Canara Bank as Nodal Agency. Subsidy can be received from any bank registered under Indian bank association. Subsidy is given to all loan taken in between 2009-10 bank year. Application should be given to the bank from which loan was taken. Those banks collect application and are given to Canara Bank.
Educational Loan is given to those students who are studying for technical/professional courses after 12th standard. Subsidy is given to students from families having yearly income less than Rs4.5lakhs. In Kerala income certificate from village officers is taken as a proof. Some banks have their own forms for income certificate.
Interest reduction is given to Educational Loans in moratorium period. Moratorium period means one year after course completion or 6 months after getting job which comes first.
Details about Educational Loan and Subsidy are given in website of Central Ministry of Human Resources.
http://www.education.nic.in/scholarship/IBAM.pdf
http://education.nic.in/uhe/Eduloan-IBN.pdf
Priority credit section of Canara bank at Bangalore is coordinating the loan subsidy action. (Priority credit section, pc wing, Canara Bank, head office, no.112, JC road, banglore-560002; hopcs@canbank.co.in)
Kochi Tuskers Kerala is selected as the official name for Kochi ipl Team
Kochi Tuskers Kerala Logo
Kochi ipl gets its new name and logo as per the online voting conducted among its fans. The new name will be Kochi Tuskers Kerala. According to Kerala Cricket Association (KCA), the name has been approved by BCCI and IPL governing council. The previous name ‘Indi Commandos Kochi’ has been changed due strong protests of the fans of kerala team through social networking sites. As per the online voting done on the Kochi ipl team on its official website, ‘Kochi Tuskers’ got the largest number of votes. Kerla Tuskers got the second highest vote in the online voting just below Kochi Tuskers. So the Kochi ipl team authorities decided to add ‘Kerala’ to the name. Elephant being the official animal of the state, will give an emotional edge among Keralites as expected by Kochi ipl team owners. The online voting that has been conducted on 10th March, 2011 had provided fans the authority to select name from given twelve combination names.
Also Kochi team has selected their home ground as Kochi. Earlier they had planned to select Ahmedabad as their home ground. According to Kochi ipl team they will start their franchise office at Kochi on 15th of this month. The first IPL match of the team will be at Kochi against Bangalore Royal Challengers on 9th April 2011.
