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New Indian Express
7 hours ago
- New Indian Express
38 kids of hooch victims get pending state allowance after TNIE report
KALLAKURICHI: The 38 children who had lost one or both their parents in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy last year, and had not received the monthly allowance announced by the Tamil Nadu government for the past few months, were credited with the pending amount within three hours after TNIE brought the issue to the notice of the government. When TNIE visited Karunapuram, which accounted for 38 of the 69 people who died in the hooch tragedy this week last year, it learnt that many of the affected children had not received the monthly allowance from the state. According to the government, four children had lost both their parents while 34 lost one of their parents. The state government had announced a monthly allowance of Rs 5,000 each for the four children, and Rs 4,000 each for the 34 others. The allowances will be credited until the children turn 18, the government had said. TNIE learnt that while the four orphaned children had not received their monthly allowance for the past four months since March 2025, the remaining 34 had not received the money for the past nine months since October 2024. The four orphaned children included a girl and two boys, aged between 14 and 17, from the same family, who lost their parents R Suresh (41) and S Vadivukkarasi (39) in the tragedy. Vadivukkarasi had accidentally consumed a small quantity of the methanol-laced liquor that Suresh had left in a cup.
New Indian Express
7 hours ago
- New Indian Express
Kids who lost parents to Kallakurichi hooch tragedy finally get allowance
KALLAKURICHI/CHENNAI: The 38 children who lost one or both their parents in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy last year, who have not received the monthly allowance announced by the Tamil Nadu government for the past few months, were credited with the pending amount in three hours after this newspaper brought the issue to the notice of the government. When TNIE visited Karunapuram, which accounted for 38 of the 69 people who died in the tragedy this week last year, it learnt that many of the affected children had not received the monthly allowance. According to the government, four children had lost both their parents while 34 lost one of their parents. The state government had announced a monthly allowance of Rs 5,000 each for the four children, and `4,000 each for the 34 others. The allowances will be credited until the children turn 18, the government had said. TNIE learnt that while the four orphaned children had not received their monthly allowance for four months since March 2025, the remaining 34 had not received the money for the past nine months since October 2024. The four orphaned children included a girl and two boys, aged between 14 and 17, from the same family, who lost their parents R Suresh (41) and S Vadivukkarasi (39) in the tragedy. Vadivukkarasi had accidentally consumed a small quantity of the methanol-laced liquor that Suresh had left in a cup. The remaining child, a five-year-old boy, lost his father while his mother had died a few years ago due to illness.
Time of India
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Installing LED street lights halts in Tvm KSEB division
Thiruvananthapuram: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi's convoy moved through city roads, especially Vellayambalam-Kowdiar road on Thursday night, malfunctioning street lights cast a shadow on city corporation's delayed LED installation drive. Corporation has been dragging its feet on the city-wide LED street light installation project in the state capital, drawing criticism from residents and opposition councillors. The installation process came to a standstill in KSEB's Thiruvananthapuram division for the past few months. While Neyyattinkara division completed the installation, work in Thiruvananthapuram and Kazhakkoottam divisions remains significantly behind schedule. LED lights are being installed in 58 wards of Thiruvananthapuram division, 32 wards in Kazhakkoottam division and 10 wards in Neyyattinkara division. Residents in affected areas expressed frustration over the delay. "In our colony near Sreekaryam, half the street lights are either broken or still old sodium vapour bulbs. We were promised LED replacements last year," said R Suresh, a resident of Kazhakkoottam. Opposition BJP members raised the issue in the corporation council meeting on Tuesday. They accused the ruling front of inefficiency and poor project management. Opposition leader and BJP councillor MR Gopan said that the LED streetlight installation project was a complete failure. "BJP voted against this project when the proposal came on the agenda in the council meeting a year ago. It is impractical for a company to maintain street lights for 10 years, as the contract period is 10 years. Currently, the wards in Thiruvananthapuram and Kazhakootam KSEB divisions are in the dark. However, we will start a protest against this," he said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Free P2,000 GCash eGift UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo Meanwhile, works standing committee of the city corporation decided to terminate the contract with AR Constructions due to the delay. They decided to float new tenders, appointing two contractors. According to Medayil Vikraman, works standing committee chairman, the contractor subcontracted the work to KSEB contractors owing to shortage of labourers in the company. "Since the work was outsourced to the KSEB contractors, they demanded money to replace faulty ones. As per the contract, money can be given to the contractor only after completely replacing old lights with new LED lights. In the other two divisions, we handed over the money as they completed the work successfully. However, in Kazhakkoottam division, new light installation is yet to begin, and it will start soon," he said. The corporation had given the contractor of Thiruvananthapuram division until Wednesday to complete the replacement and installation of new LED lights. However, sources said that the works haven't been completed.
Time of India
28-04-2025
- Health
- Time of India
CPM protests over staff shortage at Manapparai govt hospital
Trichy: Members of CPM undertook a protest near the Manapparai govt hospital on Monday, raising concerns over the shortage of doctors, nurses, and other healthcare staff. They also sought immediate removal of accumulated medical waste on the hospital premises. Protesters led by senior CPM member R Suresh raised slogans highlighting the deteriorating conditions in the facility. They sought halting of the transfer of duty nurses to other hospitals and daily disposal of hospital waste. Revenue officer Selvam and the hospital's chief medical officer Dr Tamilmani reached out to protesters and heard their grievances. They assured that they would communicate the protesters' demands to senior officials to resolve them at the earliest. Subsequently, CPM members withdrew the protest. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Upto 15% Discount for Salaried Individuals ICICI Pru Life Insurance Plan Get Quote Undo CPM's Manapparai sub-district secretary P K Sivaraj and sub-district executive committee members V Chidambaram and N Gopalakrishnan took part in the protest. "We would protest again if immediate steps are not taken to address the issues," they said.
