A brief felicitation function was held at ASSAM RIFLES base in Aizawl’s Khatla locality during which the war veteran turned journalist was honoured with a trophy and other rewards. Pachuau was declared the “oldest working journalist in India” by Mizoram’s Information and Public Relations Department and Mizoram Journalists’ Association (MJA) in 2016.
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Lumding forest land ‘cleared’ peacefully
A month after the Dholpur eviction inAssam’s Darrang district, the Hojai District Administration evicted around 550 out of 670 total families, who had allegedly encroached around 500 hectares of land in the Lumding reserve forest.
The evicted families belonging to Garo, Chakma and Muslim communities were living in the forest land growing ginger and turmeric since 2011-12. The people used to produce turmeric worth around Rs 25 crore a year.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates OMFED’s Rs 263 crore milk processing plant
Chief ministerNaveen Patnaikon Wednesday inaugurated a state-of-the-art and milk processing plant of theOdishaState Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (OMFED) atAriloin Cuttack district where 5 lakh litres of milk will be processed daily.
Set up over 51 acres of land, the automated plant has been developed by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) at an Investment of Rs 263 crore.
The plant will produce 2-lakh litres of milk, 30,000 litres of curd, 10,000 litres of butter milk, 5,000 litres of lassi and other products like butter, cheese, flavoured milk and milk powder.
The chief minister also reiterated that increasing income of farmers is the key objective of various programmes of his government. The state has been facilitating subsidy of up to Rs 50 lakh to promote establishment of more dairy and milk processing units in the state, said the chief minister, urging the people to take advantage of various government programmes.
Tamil Nadu: Power supply to 83,111 connections cut and restored to 77,015 , says Tangedco
Power supply to as many as 83,111 connections was disconnected due to the rains and inundation to avoid accidents such as electrocution. By 6 pm on Sunday they had restored the connection to 77,015 that is 92.7 per cent of the lines that were disconnected over the last three days. The disruption was primarily because of transformers being turned off or damaged by the rains.
On the other hand 17 transformers including eight 105 KVA transformers in Kuzhithurai division, five 63 KVA transformers and three 25 KVA transformers in Kuzhithurai and in Thuckalay divisions and a 250 KVA transformer in Nagercoil division were damaged by the rains. Structural damages were caused to three transformers of which two have been replaced.
Kerala: Wayanad model mooted for Kottayam
After undertaking a detailedlandslidesusceptibility study inWayanaddistrict following the devastating landslides which struck the district in 2018-19 and putting in place a first-of-its kind localized rainfall monitoring and weather forecasting system in the district, the Hume Centre for ECOLOGY and Wildlife Biology (HCEWB) along withKeralaSastra Sahitya Parishad and other stake holders are planning to take up a similar exercise at the landslide-hit areas inKottayamdistrict.
Experts from the Wayanad-based HCEWB who attended the virtual meeting gave an overview of the localized rainfall monitoring and weather forecasting system developed in association with Cusat for Wayanad. Also, the Centre along with KSSP had mapped landslide-prone locations in Wayanad with public participation after the massive landslide incidents in 2018-19.
50% of targeted population in Karnataka fully jabbed
Karnataka achieved a vaccination milestone with 50% of its targeted Population fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Of the nearly 4.9 crore persons aged 18 years and above and identified as eligible, nearly 2.5 crore persons have been given both doses.
The highest second-dose coverage is reported from Bengaluru Urban district at 77%, followed byKodaguat 60% and BBMP at 59%.
The Health department has instructed district-level authorities to engage with prominent doctors, religious leaders, Sports personalities and elected representatives during the campaign.
Youth need awareness on reproductive health: Experts
AlthoughTelanganasees 23.5% of Women get married before the age of 18, with most child marriages taking place in parts of Hyderabad and districts, experts say that there is a need to spread awareness on reproductive Health among the youth and adolescents.
The initiative was launched by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Through this four-year project, India-Yash will focus on family planning and reproductive health for those in the age group of 10 to 29 years and leave behind scalable and sustainable models for young people to take charge of their sexual and reproductive well-being.
To include the youngsters in the dialogue, an innovation challenge will be held to invite ideas, hand-hold them and provide incubation support to help them turn into scalable models.
Andhra Pradesh: Plans afoot to set up granite mining zone in Prakasam district
Setting its focus on unexplored mining areas, the has decided to close down the existing state highway for a distance of about 4 km nearChimakurthyinPrakasamdistrict. This will facilitate the government to create an exclusive mining zone.
The state government is planning to lease out the land, which is expected to hold vast reserves of blackgalaxy granite, to private developers.
The land on which the state highway passes through on the outskirts of Chimakurthy is the only stretch that has been left unexplored in the region. Thousands of acres of land in the villages of Rajupalem, Lakshmipuram and Budavada, close to Chimakurthy have already been excavated since the discovery of galaxy granite in the region. Sources said reserves in areas on both the sides of highway are almost empty and the local granite Industry is finding it difficult to extract quality stone.
However, studies by theAndhra PradeshMineral Development Corporation (APMDC) has found that about 250 to 400 acres of land underneath the state highway holds huge granite reserves. Although the previous TDP government wanted to lease out the area to private developers, it backtracked following protests from locals against plans to close off the roads.
Then roads and buildings minister and granite industrialist Sidda Raghava Rao took the initiative to create a bypass road to Chimakurthy. But with the construction of the bypass road getting delayed, plans to take over the state highway land did not materialise.
New private forest areas come to light
The review committee carrying out ground verification of additional private forest areas in the state, as identified by the Thomas & Araujo committees, has found in the processnew private forest areas. The bodys sub-committees carrying out the groundwork have found land adjacent to areas identified asprivate forestsby the committees. The ground officers have told the review committee that these new areas also appear to qualify as private forests.
The review committee has decided to inform the about these new private forest areas.
The sub-committees felt that the ground verification can only be complete if these adjoining new patches of forests are taken into account.
7 districts share 42% unvaxxed population in Maharashtra: Report
Seven districts in Maharashtra share 42% of the unvaccinated Population, who have not yet received a single dose of Covid vaccine, despite being eligible, the state Health departments latest report revealed.
Of the states 2.23 crore unvaccinated population, Thane, Nashik, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Solapur, Nanded, and Ahmednagar districts have apopulation of 93.71 lakh above 18 individuals,who are eligible for a free shot,but have not come forward.
The state has a population of around 9.14 crore above 18 individuals. Of them, around 6.90 crore have taken the first dose. But the remaining 2.23 crore have not yet taken a single shot. Among all the 35 districts in Maharashtra, Mumbai has recorded 100% vaccination.
The growing perception among masses that the pandemic is over is among the main hurdles holding the state back from achieving 100% coverage of the first dose, experts said.