27,000 சதுர அடி கட்டடங்களுக்கு உள்ளூரிலேயே அனுமதி பெறலாம்!

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27,000 சதுர அடி கட்டடங்களுக்கு உள்ளூரிலேயே அனுமதி பெறலாம்!

Added : ஆக 16, 2021 00:12

சென்னை-'சென்னைக்கு வெளியில் உள்ள பகுதிகளில், 26 ஆயிரத்து 909 சதுர அடி வரையிலான தளபரப்பு உடைய கட்டடங்களுக்கு, உள்ளூர் அளவிலேயே ஒப்புதல் வழங்கலாம்' என, நகர், ஊரமைப்பு துறையான டி.டி.சி.பி., உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

ஒப்புதல்சென்னை பெருநகருக்கு வெளியில் உள்ள பகுதிகளில், கட்டுமான திட்ட அனுமதி வழங்கும் பொறுப்பு, டி.டி.சி.பி.,யிடம் உள்ளது. இதில், பொது கட்டட விதிகளின் அமலாக்கத்துக்காக, சில அதிகார பகிர்வுகளை டி.டி.சி.பி., வழங்கியது.இதன்படி, அதிக உயர மில்லாத கட்டடங்களுக்கு உள்ளூர் நிலையில் ஒப்புதல் வழங்க அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டது. ஆனால், இந்த நடைமுறை பின்னர் மாற்றப்பட்டது.இந்நிலையில், டி.டி.சி.பி., இயக்குனர் சரவணவேல்ராஜ் பிறப்பித்துள்ள உத்தரவு:அதிக உயரமில்லாத கட்டடங்கள் வகையில், 26 ஆயிரத்து 909 சதுர அடி வரையிலான தளபரப்பு உள்ள கட்டடங்களுக்கு, கள அலுவலர் நிலையிலேயே ஒப்புதல் வழங்கலாம்.இது, 18.3 மீட்டருக்கு மிகாத உயரம் உள்ள குடியிருப்பு, வணிக, நிறுவன கட்டடங்களுக்கு பொருந்தும்.

நடைமுறை

இதே போல சிட்கோ, சிப்காட் தொழிற்பேட்டைகளில் உள்ள மனைகளில், 29 ஆயிரத்து 909 சதுர அடி வரையிலான தளபரப்பில் உள்ள 18.3 மீட்டர் உயர கட்டடங்களுக்கு, மாவட்ட அலுவலர்கள் ஒப்புதல் வழங்கலாம்.நகர பகுதியில் 5ஏக்கர் வரையும்; ஊரக பகுதிகளில் 10 ஏக்கர் வரையிலான மனைப்பிரிவு திட்டங்களுக்கு தலைமையகத்தில் தான் ஒப்புதல் பெற வேண்டும். ஆனால், இந்த வரையறையில், குடும்பத்துக்குள் பங்கு பிரிப்பது, சொந்த உபயோக மனைப்பிரிப்புக்கு, மாவட்ட அலுவலர் ஒப்புதல் வழங்கலாம். இந்த புதிய அதிகார பகிர்வு நடைமுறைகளை, உடனடியாக அமல்படுத்த வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு அதில் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டு உள்ளது.

முதல் பெண் ஓதுவார் நியமனம்

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முதல் பெண் ஓதுவார் நியமனம்

Added : ஆக 15, 2021 23:39 | 

சென்னை:ஆயிரம் ஆண்டுகள் பழமை வாய்ந்த தேனுபுரீஸ்வரர் கோயிலில் முதல் முறையாக பெண் ஓதுவார் நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

தமிழகத்தில் 'அனைத்து ஜாதியினரும் அர்ச்சகர் ஆகலாம்' என்ற திட்டத்தின் கீழ் ஹிந்து சமய அறநிலையத்துறை கட்டுப்பாட்டிலுள்ள கோயில்களில் காலிப்பணியிடங்கள் நிரப்பப்படுகிறது. இதில் செங்கல்பட்டு மாவட்டம் மாடம்பாக்கம் பகுதியில் உள்ள ஆயிரம் ஆண்டுகள் பழமை வாய்ந்த தேனுபுரீஸ்வரர் கோயிலில் முதல் பெண் ஓதுவாராக சுஹாஞ்சனா 28 என்பவர் நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

கரூர் மாவட்டம் வேலாயுதம்பாளையம் பகுதியில் பிறந்து வளர்ந்த சுஹாஞ்சனா 2019 செப்டம்பரில் சென்னை கிண்டியில் டிசைன் இன்ஜினியராக வேலை செய்யும் கோபிநாத் 31 என்பவரை திருமணம் செய்தார். சேலையூர் பகுதியில் வசித்து வரும் இவர் தேவாரம், திருவாசகம் இரண்டையும் கற்றுத் தேர்ந்தவர்.இந்நிலையில் சுஹாஞ்சனா நேற்று தன் பணியைத் துவங்கினார். அவர் மந்திரம் ஓதும் வீடியோ பரவி வருகிறது.

TN Pollution Control Board second best in country: Study

TN Pollution Control Board second best in country: Study

Oppili.P@timesgroup.com

Chennai: 16.08.2021

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has been adjudged the second best board in the country.

New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which ranked State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBSs)/ Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) based on public disclosure, studied them for 18 parameters over a period of one year.

Lab infrastructure and accreditation, latest technical publications, show cause and closure notices, public hearing, waste management and action plan for pollution control were some of the important criteria used for ranking the boards.

TNPCB chairman A V Venkatachalam told TOI that the CSE collected the data for its study from two sources. The first is website of state PCBs/ PCCs and the annual reports of each board. The organisation, which collected the last of its data in June this year, in its report said: “We have carried out this study based on the list of indicators and rating criteria.”

It further said that the rationale of this scoring methodology was to give more weightage to statutory indicators which must be available in public domain like information on board of members, number of board meetings, directions, consent information, compliance status of industry, inspection, accounts and financial details and manpower details.”

The SPCB/PCC website is an important source for the dissemination of information among various stakeholders and the people. A good website keeps all the information under the relevant heading for easy navigation so that anyone can easily access environmental information available on the SPCB website, whenever required.

Every state board must establish a laboratory to enable the board to perform its functions efficiently under the Water and Air Acts. It is also important that all SPCBs/PCCs share at least basic information about their laboratory on their websites like number of laboratories in the state, accreditation of lab, parameters which can be analysed in lab and contact details.

Of 34 SPCBs/PCCs, those in Tamil Nadu, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram provided a significant amount of information on laboratory infrastructure and accreditation of their laboratories, the report said.

The TNPCB has been taking all proactive measures to improve its functioning. Soon more new projects including an early warning system will be launched, Venkatachalam said.

Doctor, transgender and scientist among awardees

Doctor, transgender and scientist among awardees

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

16.08.2021

Fight back discrimination and overcome hurdles. That was the message from Grace Banu to her community after receiving the state’s best transgender award from chief minister M K Stalin on the 75th Independence Day on Sunday.

“The transgender community is facing discrimination in everyday life. Though the government is extending welfare schemes, the lack of awareness and support is undoing it. Several transgenders are trying to come up in life, but several systemic hurdles deny them opportunities,” the 30-year-old engineering graduate from Tuticorin told TOI.

Grace was pivotal in the passing of the court order that allowed transgenders to appear in the TNPSC examination.

The CM presented Dr Kalpana Chawla Award for courage and daring enterprise to Dr P Shanmuga Priya, a medical officer in Annuppanadi primary health centre in Madurai, posthumously. “It would have been a joyous occasion if my wife had been alive,” said P Shanmugam, Shanmugha Priya’s husband, who received the award. The government had conferred the award “in appreciation of her brave, courageous and selfless service” during the pandemic.

Dr Shanmuga Priya, who was pregnant, tested positive for Covid-19 on May 1 and succumbed on May 8.

Veteran Communist leader and freedom fighter N Sakaraiah was honoured with Thagaisal Thamizhar Award for his contribution to society. The CM called on the veteran leader at his residence on Saturday and presented the award.

Prof M Lakshmanan of the department of Non-linear Dynamics, school of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, has been awarded Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Award for single-handedly forming an active research group of young scientists of international standard in non-linear dynamics.

The CM also presented the Covid warrior medal to 33 frontline workers from six departments for their service during the pandemic.

Working on combo of Covaxin, nasal vax: BB

Working on combo of Covaxin, nasal vax: BB

16.08.2021

Bharat Biotech is working on a combination of Covaxin followed by a nasal vaccine that if administered can act as a booster dose, according to its chairman and managing director Dr Krishna Ella. While Covaxin was found to be significantly effective against the Delta variant, the Centre will take the final call on whether there is a need for a third dose of Covaxin to enhance the immune response, Ella said at the TIMES NOW India at 75: The Freedom Summit.

The company expects significant data on the combination in the next two months which can then drive the future course of action based on regulatory approvals and policy decision regarding booster shots.

“We are working on a combination of Covaxin followed by nasal, so that Covaxin primes the system of innate immunity and then the boost by the nasal which produces three immune responses – the IGG, the IGA and then mucosal immunity. All three immunities are powerful and can protect a person from getting infected,” Ella said. According to Ella, if the nasal vaccine works out well, production capacity is also likely to double. At present, Bharat Biotech is supplying around 2 crore to 2.5 crore doses of Covaxin per month, which is projected to increase to around 5.8 crore doses over the next few months.

Garbage, bad roads ail Pozhichalur

Garbage, bad roads ail Pozhichalur

Groundwater Has Become Polluted

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:16.08.2021

Pozhichalur, a neighbourhood of around 50,000 people, is just a12-minute drive from the airport. But years of neglect and an almost defunct local body have made the place unliveable, say residents. In spite of repeated petitions to the state government, the roads are in terrible shape, groundwater is polluted and sewage is let out into a pond, they complain. Governed by a village panchayat, Pozhichalur comes under Chengalpet district.

Mano Bala, a resident, said that most of the roads remain unpaved and the quality of groundwater is not good as sewage seeps in. “There are no storm water drains. The rainwater flows off to the side of the airport because of the slope of the terrain,” he said. Several people had moved into the loaclity because of its proximity to the airport, but many have also sold their houses and shifted out dye to the appalling civic conditions, he added.

Kumaran S from JJ Nagar said that the groundwater was black due to sewage seepage. “Houses that have come up near a pond let out sewage into it. The panchayat officials warn the people but they do not take action against the violators,” he said.

Bala said several people had fallen and got injured because of the bad roads. “My father fell from his motorcycle and could not walk for several months because the roads are not paved,” he said.

The residents had filed a petition to the CM’s cell recently as there had been no improvement in the civic amenities over the last few years. Nothing much had changed since they first petitioned the government more than four years ago.

Nothing much had changed in the area since TOI covered the issue in 2018.

K P Subramanian, former professor of urban engineering at Anna University, said Pozhichalur may need special attention because haphazard development may take place because of speculation in land value increase as it is closer to Chennai corporation limits. “Unless it is corrected in the beginning by offering basic infrastructure, it will be difficult to regulate later,” he said. The condition can improve if Tambaram is made into a corporation, he added.

Senthil Arumugham, who contested from Pallavaram in the assembly election, said a lot of housing development had happened in Pozhichalur though it is a panchayat. “There are no elected local representatives. People do not have a platform to air their grievances.”

YEARS OF NEGLECT: Unpaved roads lined by garbage at JJ Nagar near Pozhichalur in Chennai

Ex-IAS officer is adviser to TN e-Governance Agency

Ex-IAS officer is adviser to TN e-Governance Agency

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:16.08.2021

The state government has appointed former IAS officer P W C Davidar as adviser (digital and simplified governance) to Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency. The state government order said Davidar was being roped in based on the request of chief executive officer of TNeGA that a senior person having administrative experience of handling various departments of government may be appointed as the adviser on digital and simplified governance.

The appointment comes in the wake of an increased thrust on e- governance and digitisation of the functioning of government departments. The order recalled that TneGA is aimed at offering services in ‘anytime, anywhere model,’ to citizens. This entails transformation of government processes, migration of paperbased file processing to e-office, creation of e-dashboards and decision support systems for increased efficiency.