Tamil Nadu has adequate vax doses, says EPS

Tamil Nadu has adequate vax doses, says EPS

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Chennai:13.04.2021

Asserting that adequate doses of Covid vaccine are available in Tamil Nadu, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday called upon government staff to get vaccinated within two weeks. The management of industries, government offices, workplaces, markets and residential complexes should contact Greater Chennai Corporation/district administration to arrange for Covid vaccination that can be administered at their premises, the chief minister said.

During a review meeting with the heads of departments at the Secretariat, the chief minister said the public should get vaccinated at nearby hospitals.

Employers need to ensure staff get vaccinated: CM

Palaniswami said, “The management of industries, restaurants and markets should arrange for vaccination for their employees. If the management requests government hospitals, the government is ready to vaccinate the workers at their premises. We have adequate doses of vaccines.” He urged people to avoid crowding in public places, wear masks, maintain social distance and follow the government’s standard operating procedures.

In a slew of directions to department heads, Palaniswami said all eligible people should get vaccinated and the administrative machinery should reassure people about the necessity to take the vaccination. “The vaccination is done at primary health centres, government hospitals, mini clinics and private hospitals. The state administered 37.8 lakh vaccine doses until Sunday to health staff, frontline workers, election staff and people above 45 years,” an official release said, quoting the chief minister. The state has received 54.85 lakh doses of vaccine from the Centre until Sunday.

The chief minister said the administration should conduct 90,000 RT-PCR tests a day, besides increased and aggressive testing in affected areas, and the results should come out in 24 hours. Tracing of a minimum 25-30 contacts of infected persons should be expedited and they should undergo RT-PCR tests. “Fever camps should be set up across the state and those with symptoms of cold and fever should be diagnosed and treated,” the release said. The state government has set up 8.92 lakh fever camps so far and treated 14.47 lakh people with symptoms of fever. As many as 1,309 containment zones were identified as on April 10 and intensive monitoring measures were taken.

The areas where there are three or more affected people must be declared a micro-containment zone and preventive measures taken against the spread of infection. The infected persons should be either taken to Covid care centres or exclusive Covid hospitals as per protocol, the release said.

Don’t pick between helmet & mask: Cops

Don’t pick between helmet & mask: Cops

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Chennai:13.04.2021

Just a day after the state government put in place new restrictions to contain Covid-19, several road-users across Chennai were seen arguing with the traffic police about the need to wear a mask while wearing helmets.

From April 8 to 11, as per city police statistics, 2,351 cases were registered against people not wearing masks and a fine of ₹4.44 lakh collected. On Sunday alone, 892 cases were registered against violators who were fined ₹1.62 lakh. During the April 8-11 period, police registered 1,500 cases and collected a fine of ₹59,500 for failing to maintain social distancing norms, with 196 special teams headed by an inspector enforcing norms.

Ahead of an awareness campaign in T Nagar on Tuesday, commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal asked all inspectors to enforce the norms strictly. “Many people know about the importance of wearing face masks, but ignore it. We are conducting a series of campaigns, especially in residential areas and market places, roping in the traffic police, Amma patrol, law and order and other wings,” he said.

Across the state from April 8 to 11, police registered 1,30,531 cases and collected ₹2.52 crore in fines including registering 46,062 cases and collecting ₹89.61 in fines on Sunday alone. In the north zone, comprising 12 districts, 27,910 cases were registered and ₹48.53 lakh collected in fines, while in the central zone, 22,524 cases were registered and ₹44.11 lakh in fines collected. In the west zone, 21,739 cases were registered and ₹43.40 lakh in fines collected, while in the south zone, 43,019 cases were registered and ₹85.74 lakh in fines collected.

MASK UP OR PAY UP: Greater Chennai police collected fine of ₹1.62 lakh from people not wearing mask in public places

3-member panel to run Anna univ till new VC found

3-member panel to run Anna univ till new VC found

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Chennai:13.04.2021 

A three-member convener committee headed by higher education secretary Apoorva will run Anna University in the absence of the vice-chancellor.

IT secretary Hans Raj Verma and Ranjani Parthasarathy from College of Engineering, Guindy, will be the other members of the committee. After professor M K Surappa completed his three-year tenure as VC on Sunday, there was a lack of clarity on who will head the university until his replacement is found.

Apoorva convened a special syndicate meeting on Monday. The syndicate resolved to form a convener committee headed by Apoorva for exercising the powers and performing the duties of vice-chancellor till a new V-C is appointed.

Professors from the university said the outgoing vicechancellor was asked to vacate the university in two days. "The head of the convener committee has given the direction to the university authorities. It is not fair giving him the shortest time to vacate when the new VC is yet to be appointed. They should give him at least a few weeks' time to vacate in view of the raging pandemic in both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka," they said.

Meanwhile, a three-member vice-chancellor search committee headed by Jawaharlal Nehru University vicechancellor M Jagadish Kumar has been formed. "The search committee meeting is yet to take place. The committee will need at least five weeks' time to shortlist a panel of names for the vice-chancellor post," a source said.

Surprise for city residents, light rain in the morning

Surprise for city residents, light rain in the morning

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Chennai:13/04/2021

Residents in soime parts of the city woke up on Monday morning to surprise light spells of rain.

While IMD has not forecast rainfall over the city for the next few days, weather bloggers said wind convergence closer to coastal areas may continue to bring isolated light showers over a few areas in the morning. For southe TN, IMD said a cyclonic circulation could bring heavy rain and thunderstorms over the next four days.

For the next 48 hours, Chennai and its suburbs will have partly cloudy skies with maximum and minimum temperatures around 35 degrees C and 26 degrees C.

While the last few days had seen near normal day and night temperatures in the city, localities in west Chennai such as Koyambedu, Anna Nagar, Valasaravakkam, Virugambakkam and Porur recorded light spells on Monday. Both Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam stations, however, recorded zero rainfall.

While a persistent strong easterly is keeping a check on day temperatures in the day, meteorologists said an early morning convergence of opposing winds closer to coastal areas brought drizzles over a few localities.

The IMD has forecast light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning over a few places in Western Ghat districts along with south and central parts of the state till April 16. Heavy rainfall is also likely over Coimbatore, Theni and Nilgiris. This is due to a cyclonic circulation over south Tamil Nadu and neighbourhood.

“Chennai may receive spells in the morning for the next two weeks due to convergence close to the coast. But it is more like drizzles or very light rainfall that may not last more than a few minutes,” said blogger Pradeep John.

Localities in west Chennai such as Koyambedu, Anna Nagar, Valasaravakkam, Virugambakkam and Porur recorded light spells on Monday

After vibration, Air India pilots skip Kozhikode table-top runway, land in Kochi with 188 on board

After vibration, Air India pilots skip Kozhikode table-top runway, land in Kochi with 188 on board

Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:13.04.2021

A “vibration” during takeoff at Riyadh led two pilots in the cockpit of an Air India Express flight to Kerala’s Kozhikode choose Kochi as a “safer” landing option over the destination airport’s tricky table-top runway, where a Boeing 737-800 of the same airline had overshot the strip and crashlanded last August killing killing 19 passengers and both the pilots.

Just before IX-1322 became airborne late on Saturday with 188 people, Captain Yazad Bachaa and first officer Nishad Arawandakar had experienced a “small jolt...a wobble” that indicated trouble with the landing gear or tyres.

Since all flight parameters were otherwise normal, they decided to continue flying, though with one crucial change — diverting the flight to Kochi to avoid landing on the table-top runway at Kozhikode with a possible snag. The flight landed safely in Kochi early on Sunday.

AI Express arranged another aircraft hours later to fly the passengers to Kozhikode. “We are proud of the way the pilots handled the situation,” airline sources said.

While touchdown was uneventful, tyre fragments were strewn across the runway. The rubber portion of the right tyre in the main landing gear had completely disintegrated. Once it was confirmed there was no fire, the 180 passengers, six-member cabin crew and the two pilots deplaned using a stepladder.

After reaching cruising altitude of 35,000 ft following take-off, the pilots had contacted Riyadh air traffic control and asked them to check if tyre pieces had been found on the runway. Officials confirmed shortly afterwards that there were some fragments, though they couldn’t say if they were from the AI Express Boeing 737-800.

Making best use of “crew resource management”, the pilot-in-command called two special passengers to the cockpit – the captain and co-pilot who had flown the same aircraft on its journey from India to Saudi Arabia. The four pilots brainstormed and worked out likely scenarios involving tyre trouble. It was then that Captain Bachaa decided to divert to Kochi because of its longer runway and clear weather.

RISK PRONE: In August 2020, an AI Express Boeing 737-800 overshot the Kozhikode runway and crashlanded killing 21 people

பணியாளர் தேர்வு குளறுபடி அதிகாரிகள் மீது நடவடிக்கை?

பணியாளர் தேர்வு குளறுபடி அதிகாரிகள் மீது நடவடிக்கை?

Added : ஏப் 11, 2021 23:44

சென்னை: சி.எம்.டி.ஏ.,வில், உதவியாளர், தட்டச்சர் பணிக்கு நேரடியாக, 131 பேர் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டதில், குளறுபடிகள் நடந்ததா என, துறை ரீதியான ஆய்வு நடந்து வருகிறது.

சென்னை பெருநகர் வளர்ச்சி குழுமமான, சி.எம்.டி.ஏ.,வில் உதவியாளர், தட்டச்சர் உள்ளிட்ட பணியிடங்கள் நீண்ட காலமாக காலியாக இருந்தன. இவற்றை நேரடி தேர்வு வாயிலாக நிரப்ப, சி.எம்.டி.ஏ., அதிகாரிகள் நடவடிக்கை எடுத்தனர்.இதில், 131 இடங்களுக்கான நபர்களை தேர்வு செய்யும் பணிகள் நடந்தன. எழுத்துத் தேர்வு, நேர்முக தேர்வு நடைமுறைகள் பிப்., 24ல் முடிக்கப்பட்டன. அதன்பின், தேர்வான பணியாளர்கள் குறித்தும், அவர்களின் மதிப்பெண் குறித்தும், இடஒதுக்கீடு முறை பற்றியும், எவ்வித அறிவிப்பும் வெளியிடப்படவில்லை.

தேர்வான நபர்களை தனிப்பட்ட முறையில் அழைத்து, பணி ஆணைகள் வழங்கியதாக புகார்கள் எழுந்தன. இதனால், பாதிக்கப்பட்ட விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் சிலர், உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் வழக்கு தொடர்ந்து உள்ளனர். இதனால், சி.எம்.டி.ஏ.,வுக்கு சிக்கல் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.இது குறித்து, பாதிக்கப்பட்ட விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் கூறியதாவது: பணியாளர்கள் தேர்வு தொடர்பான கோப்புகளை, துறை ரீதியான ஆய்வுக்கு, அதிகாரிகள் உட்படுத்தி உள்ளனர்.

நிர்வாக பிரிவு அதிகாரிகள் சிலர் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வாய்ப்புள்ளது.மேலும், பணியாளர் தேர்வு விஷயத்தில், நிர்வாக பிரிவை வழி நடத்தியவர்கள், முடிவுகள் எடுக்கும் நிலையில் இருந்த அதிகாரிகள் மீதும், உரிய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் கூறினர்.

முக கவசம் அணியாதவர்கள் வங்கிகளுக்கு செல்ல முடியாது

முக கவசம் அணியாதவர்கள் வங்கிகளுக்கு செல்ல முடியாது

Added : ஏப் 12, 2021 04:46

சென்னை : 'முக கவசம் அணியாத வாடிக்கையாளர்களை, வங்கிகளுக்குள் அனுமதிக்கக் கூடாது' என, அனைத்து வங்கிகளுக்கும், தமிழக மாநில வங்கியாளர்கள் குழுமம் சுற்றறிக்கை அனுப்பி உள்ளது.

அந்த சுற்றறிக்கை விபரம்: கொரோனா தொற்று பரவல் தொடர்பாக, தளர்வுகள் மற்றும் கட்டுப்பாடுகளுடன் கூடிய ஊரடங்கை, ஏப்ரல், 30 வரை, தமிழக அரசு அறிவித்துள்ளது.மேலும், வங்கிகளில் பின்பற்ற வேண்டிய, வழிமுறைகள் குறித்தும், தமிழக அரசு அதிகாரிகள் உடன் ஆலோசனை நடத்தப்பட்டது. இதன்படி, வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் முக கவசம்அணியாமல், வங்கிகளுக்குள் வர அனுமதிக்கக்கூடாது.

முக கவசம் அணித்து வரும் வாடிக்கையாளர்களும், வங்கியை விட்டு செல்லும் வரை, வாய் மற்றும் மூக்கை மூடும் வகையில் அணிது இருக்க வேண்டும். ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும்,உடல் வெப்ப பரிசோதனை மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும். தொடுதல் இல்லாத வகையில், கிருமிநாசினி திரவம் மற்றும் கை கழுவும் திரவங்களை வங்கி நுழைவாயிலும், வளாகத்தின் பொது இடத்திலும் வைக்க வேண்டும்.

வங்கியில் அதிககூட்டம் கூடுவதை தடுக்க, உரிய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும்.அலுவலக, 'லிப்டு'களை, இரண்டு அல்லது நான்கு நபர்களுக்கு மேல் பயன்படுத்தக் கூடாது.வங்கி ஊழியர்கள் மற்றும் வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் இடையே, தனி மனித இடைவெளியை கண்டிப்பாக பின்பற்ற வேண்டும்.

வங்கி கிளைகளில், அவ்வப்போது கிருமி நாசினி தெளிக்க வேண்டும்.அரசு விதிகளின் படி,கொரோனா தடுப்பூசி போடுவதற்கானஅனைத்து நடவடிக்கைகளையும், வங்கி நிர்வாகம் மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.