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வீட்டின் உரிமையாளரே டாஸ்மாக் கடைக்குப் பூட்டு போட்ட சம்பவம், அரியலூரில் பெரும் பரபரப்பை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது. அந்த இளைஞனுக்குப் பாராட்டுகளும் ஆதரவுகளும் குவிந்த வண்ணமுள்ளன. இது குறித்து டாஸ்மாக் அதிகாரியின்மீது புகார் கொடுத்துப் பேசினோம்.

"பெண்கள் போராட்டத்திற்கு, பிறகு தமிழ்நாட்டிலேயே டாஸ்மாக் இல்லா தாலுக்காவாக மாறிருக்கிறது செந்துறை. ஆனால், கேவலம் பணத்தாசையால் டாஸ்மாக் கடையைத் திறக்க கங்கணம் கட்டிக்கொண்டு அலைந்துகொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள் அதிகாரிகள். அரியலூர் மாவட்டம் செந்துறை அருகிலுள்ள நெய்வனம் பகுதியில் எங்கள் வீடு உள்ளது. கடந்த 12 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு எங்க அப்பா அந்த வீட்டில் டாஸ்மாக் கடை வைத்துக்கொள்ள அனுமதியளித்தார். அந்த இடத்தில் இன்று வரையிலும் டாஸ்மாக் கடை செயல்பட்டுகொண்டிருக்கிறது.

சாராயத்தால் இளையோர் சமுதாயம் குடிக்கு அடிமையாகிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறது. பல குடும்பங்கள் சீரழிந்துகொண்டிருக்கிறது என்று தமிழகம் முழுவதும் மக்கள் டாஸ்மாக் கடைக்கு எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவித்து, வீதிக்கு வந்து போராட்டம் நடத்தினார்கள். அந்த வகையில் செந்துறையிலுள்ள எட்டு டாஸ்மாக் கடையும் மூடினார்கள். அப்போது இந்தக் கடையையும் சேர்த்து மூடினார்கள்.



கிராம மக்கள் என்னிடம் வந்து, 'தம்பி இந்த டாஸ்மாக் கடையை எடுக்கச் சொல்லக் கூடாதப்பா? இரவு, பகலாக டாஸ்மாக் கடை எதிர்த்து போராட்டம் நடத்துவது எங்களுக்கு மட்டும் இல்லப்பா. உங்களுக்கும் சேர்த்துதான் போராட்டம் நடத்திக் கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்' என்றனர்.
உடனே என் தம்பி கோபி, டாஸ்மாக் சூப்பர்வைசர் செல்வராஜ் சாரிடம், 'பெண்களின் தாலி அறுக்கும் இந்தக் கடையின் வருமானம் எங்களுக்குத் தேவையில்லை. இடத்தை உடனே காலிப் பண்ணுங்க' என்று சொல்லியுள்ளார். அதற்கு அவர், 'அதெல்லாம் முடியாது இன்னும் ஒப்பந்தம் முடியவில்லை' என்று சொல்ல, 'நாங்கதான் ஒப்பந்தம் போடவில்லையே நீங்க மாத்தி, மாத்தி பேசுனா உங்கள்மீது வழக்கு போட்டு விடுவோம்' என்று கூறினோம்.

இதற்கு அவர், ஜுன் 1 தேதிகுள் கடையைக் காலிசெய்து சுத்தம் செய்து தருவதாக உத்தரவாதம் அளித்தார். ஆனால் 29ம் தேதி நானும், என் தம்பி கோபியும் வெளியூர் சென்றிருந்தபோது திடீரென போலீஸ் பாதுகாப்புடன் கடையைத் திறந்து மதுவிற்கத் தொடங்கினார்கள். இதையடுத்து, கடையின் முன் மக்கள் திரண்டதும் கடையை மூடிவிட்டு சென்றுவிட்டார்கள்.

பின் கிராம மக்களும், என் தம்பியும் சேர்ந்து டாஸ்மாக் கடைக்குப் பூட்டுப் போட்டனர். மக்கள் இருந்ததால், டாஸ்மாக் ஊழியர்களும், பாதுகாப்புக்கு வந்த செந்துறை போலீஸார்களும் கடையைத் திறக்கமுடியாமல் திரும்பிச் சென்றனர். இதைத்தொடர்ந்து, பொதுமக்களுடன் சேர்ந்து கடையைக் காலி செய்யக் கோரியும், டாஸ்மாக் அதிகாரியின்மீது செந்துறை காவல்நிலையத்தில் புகார் கொடுத்துள்ளார் கோபி" என்று கூறினார்.
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Chennai: Soon, submit building plan proposals on the internet for CMDA approval

By C Shivakumar  |  Express News Service  |   Published: 31st May 2017 05:36 AM  |  

CHENNAI: You can now submit your building plan proposals online for approval by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority from next month.

Sources indicated that CMDA is now conducting a test run of the software, developed for online submission of Planning Permission Application (PPA) by National Informatics Centre.

It is learned that the software has been uploaded, and planners in the multi-storied building and area plans unit (special buildings) have been directed to make use of the system to familiarise themselves.
The decision to start ‘online submission and processing of PPA’ from the first week of June was taken following directives issued by the chief secretary, who chaired a meeting on ‘Ease of Doing Business’.
Under the theme, it has become imperative for the State to decide the PPA within 45 days under the single-window clearance.

The success of online submission of PPA depends on implementation of the Tamil Nadu Common Building Rules, National Building Code 2016 as well as Real Estate Regulatory Act, which will ensure responsibility and accountability to planning permission applicants.
The State government has also prepared a blueprint to frame ‘Tamil Nadu Common building Rules, 2016’ for local bodies, in accordance with the provisions of the Model Building bye-laws.

The Common Building Rules for entire Tamil Nadu will mean that there won’t be different sets of development rules for corporations, municipalities, town panchayats and panchayats.

Now, there will be 60 sets of development rules, which will govern the entire State. The new building rules also have several new clauses like the need to get occupancy certificate and completion certificate. Official sources say that without implementation of common Building Rules, the online approval of PPAs will be a non-starter.

Not an easy task

Until now, people had to queue up at the Thalamuthu Natarajar Maligai, headquarters of Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, to submit building plan approvals.
In 2009, the regulatory body first thought of doing away with manual submission

PG medical aspirants uncertain about future

S. SENTHALIR

PUDUCHERRY, MAY 31, 2017 00:00 IST

Candidates unsure whether Centac selection is final

The admission process for PG medical and dental seats turned murkier on the last day of counselling (extended till Wednesday subsequently) as several candidates were still unclear if their seats selected through Centralised Admission Committee (Centac) counselling were confirmed.

Besides, several candidates were not permitted for counselling and asked to directly approach the medical colleges, which demanded Rs. 35 lakh for a seat against the annual fee of Rs. 3 lakh announced by the fee committee.

A candidate from Rajasthan arrived on Monday morning to attend counselling for PG diploma course in dermatology. However, he was not allowed to fill the application form stating that he was late.

“I arrived at 11 a.m. when the last candidate was attending counselling. But, they denied me an application form and asked me to contact the representatives from the medical institutions. When I spoke to them, they demanded Rs. 35 lakh to Rs. 40 lakh annual fee for a diploma course, against Rs. 3 lakh found on the website. Besides, the two seats which were vacant at the end of counselling, were shown as filled on Tuesday afternoon,” the candidate claimed.

The person wanted to know how the seats could be filled without counselling at the press conference in the presence of Lieutenant Governor and Centac officials on Tuesday.

The Centac officials informed that 71 seats available under government quota were merged with the management quota and listed for all-India quota for the mop-up counselling, which was held on Monday.

Candidates selected through Centac for the PG medical and dental courses and their parents waited outside the Centac office till late evening waiting for the confirmation of their seats.

They alleged that no one from the government helped the candidates in admission to the self-financed colleges and deemed universities.

“I have been running from pillar to post to get the seat confirmed which I have got through merit in a deemed university. What is the point in clearing in NEET examination and securing a seat through merit? The college management is saying that they have cancelled my seat even, though I paid Rs. 33 lakh. When I spoke to the Centac officials they asked me not to worry since my name is on the list. Who is going to clarify this confusion? The entire admission process has become chaotic and students are at a loss,” said the candidate.

Institution demanded Rs. 35 lakh for a diploma course against Rs. 3 lakh mentioned on website

Aspirant

IT exemption sought for pensioners

The Madurai unit of Tamil Nadu Retired College Teachers’ Association has appealed to the government to exempt all pensioners from the levy of income tax. In a resolution passed at its executive committee meeting held here recently, the association wanted a rise in ceiling of medical expenses from Rs. two lakh to Rs. four lakh.

In its recommendations to the Eighth Pay Commission of Tamil Nadu, the meeting sought the implementation of new scales of pay/pension with effect from January 1, 2016. Its other demands included fixation of Professor’s scale of pension for all college teachers who had put in a total service of 16 years and pension parity for all pre-2006 retirees of central universities, central government employees and Indian services on the basis of a 2012 judgement of the Supreme Court.

70% of PG med seats in TN deemed varsities go 

vacant

Chennai: TIMES NEWS NETWORK





Counselling for postgraduate medical course admissions to deemed universities and management quota in private colleges closed on Tuesday with more seats vacant than filled. Students left 70% seats in deemed universities and 60% of seats in self-financing untouched, as the annual tuition fee peaked at up to `60 lakh in some medical colleges.This is the first year counselling for admissions to private colleges and universities were done by a government body based on NEET-PG scores. Until last year, deemed universities filled up seats based on in-house entrance examinations. The self-financing colleges surrendered some of their seats to the government for admission through single window counselling and the remaining seats were filled by the management based on an internal entrance.In March 2017, the Medical Council of India said all admission should be made by the appropriate authority in the state.
On Monday , the state selection committee, the authorised body to conduct counselling for all medical admissions, called 4,147 students eligible for admissions to deemed universities and 2,755 students eligible for management quota seats in self-financing medical colleges for counselling. While 255 attended the counselling for de emed universities, 147 attended counselling for self-financing colleges. At the end of the day , of 194 seats in deemed universities, 135 were vacant and of the 47 seats in self-financing colleges, 19 remained untouched.
State selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan said the committee has completed the process for private colleges.“The MCI has permitted these colleges to fill seats based on the merit list we release. It should be done before the MCI deadline,“ he said. On Wednesday , the committee will hold the last phase of counselling for admission to government colleges and government quota seats in self-financing colleges.

May 31 2017 : The Times of India (Chennai)

NEET may be must for foreign med courses

Pushpa Narayan

Chennai:





The Union health ministry may soon make the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test mandatory for students who travel abroad for undergraduate medical courses, Medical Council of India officials have said. A ministry official said students who do not clear NEET should not be given the `no objection certificate' to study in foreign universities. “Without the no-objection certificate it will be impossible for students to practice in India.They will neither be allowed to sit for the screening examination nor be registered by medical councils as doctors,“ said MCI vice-president Dr CV Bhirmanandham. The council, the cardiologist said, was waiting for orders from the ministry on whether it should be implemented this academic year. The move will also make the entry-level test for medical education common for all. In April 2016, the Supreme Court made NEET mandatory for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental admissions. “As of now we feel the quality of students who go abroad is not great because less than a quarter of students clear the screening test every year,“ he said.The Indian Medical Council Act, 2001, mandates citizens with undergraduate degrees from outside India to clear the screening test conducted every June and December, with a 50% score, before doing a oneyear internship in an MCIrecognised college. The number of students taking the test has doubled, but the pass percentage dropped from 50.12 in 2005 to 10.7 in 2015.
In this period, the pass rate fluctuated around 20%, dropping to an all-time low of 4.93% in June 2014, when only 293 students passed. While most students claim the test is tough and questions are from PG medical tests, National Board of Examination officials say the question paper is similar to the one given to Indian students appearing for NEET PG. There is no negative marking.