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The Hindu
2 days ago
- Health
- The Hindu
Tiruchi Corporation to establish a college, says K. N. Nehru
Minister for Municipal Administration K.N. Nehru on Wednesday said Tiruchi Corporation would establish a college on a five-acre land in the city. Inaugurating new Corporation school buildings here, the Minister also disclosed that a model school would be established at Woraiyur in the city and urged Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi to establish government schools in the west constituency as there were only Corporation and private schools in the area. Later, Mr. Nehru told reporters that the integrated bus terminus at Panjapur would become operational after the tender for the annual maintenance contract was awarded. Asked about COVID-19 preparedness at schools, Mr. Poyyamozhi said the current strain of the virus was not severe. School students would be advised to wear face masks if necessary. The Ministers inaugurated a model higher secondary school at Edamalaipattipudur in Ward 57 and an additional building for Corporation Middle School at Piratiyur in Ward 55. The model school building has been constructed on a 2.91-acre site in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar at an estimate of ₹18.41 crore. The ground floor and first floor of the building will house 36 classrooms, two staff rooms, two office rooms, a library, three laboratories, and four sanitary facilities. Similarly, the Corporation Middle School at Piratiyur, which is functioning in a two-storey building with 10 classrooms, has 801 students. Considering the increase in enrolments, an additional building was constructed at an outlay of ₹4.90 crore under the Corporation's Education Fund. The three-storey building features 12 classrooms, two staff rooms, an office room, eight toilets and 12 urinals. With the additional building, around 540 would be benefitted, a press release said. Textbooks, school bags and uniforms were distributed to the students. Collector M. Pradeep Kumar, Mayor M. Anbazhagan, Corporation Commissioner V. Saravanan, Member of the Parliament K.N. Arun Nehru, Chief Educational Officer G. Krishnapriya and others were present.
The Hindu
4 days ago
- Health
- The Hindu
COPD, hypertension and diabetes detection drive planned in Tiruchi district
Health authorities will be organising awareness programmes and early screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) as well launching a service to detect hypertension and diabetes among workers in small commercial establishments in Tiruchi district this week as part of a Statewide initiative to integrate them under the Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam (MTM) scheme. According to an official press release, the COPD programmes will be launched on June 4 under the supervision of the State Nnon-communicable Diseases (NCD) Section with the support of National Health Mission-Tamil Nadu. COPD is a long-term lung disease causing persistent cough and breathlessness, especially common in people exposed to smoke and dust. Symptoms include chronic cough for over eight weeks, breathlessness during daily activity, wheezing or chest tightness and sputum production. Smokers, users of biomass fuels, and people working in dusty environments are at high risk of COPD. The programme will involve the participation of all the 84 Primary Health Centres, including those under Tiruchi Corporation, that have been mapped to their nearest tertiary care centre and functional spirometry facility (Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital), said the release. Spirometry tests will be available free of cost at designated centres. Monthly results of the screening would be reported to the State NCD Section. On June 5, a programme to screen 25,571 workers in nearly 878 factories and small commercial establishments for hypertension and diabetes will be launched in Tiruchi district, covering the blocks of Lalgudi, Manapparai, Manachallur, Marungapuri, Musiri, Thiruverumbur, Thuraiyur, Thottiyam, and Tiruchi Corporation. The firms with less than 1,000 employees were identified through the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health (DISH) for the programme. The initiative will be implemented through the existing Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) – both Regular and Tribal – without deviation from the fixed tour programme by integrating workplace screening with routine outreach activities at the block level. The programme aim at promoting early detection of hypertension and diabetes among labourers, and ensure timely referral of suspected/confirmed NCD cases to the nearest government health facility for further management. Over 5 lakh workers had been identified for the programme throughout the State, said the release.
The Hindu
7 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Tiruchi Corporation renames road in Karumandapam after poet Nandalala
As a tribute to Tamil poet, writer, and public speaker Nandalala, who died on March 4, the Tiruchi Corporation has adopted a resolution to rename Thirunagar 3rd Main Road in Karumandapam after him. During the council meeting here on Friday, Mayor M. Anbazhagan highlighted Nandalala's literary contributions and his book on Tiruchi. He said the loss was not only to his family but to the entire people in the city. The resolution said the road would be renamed as 'Thirunagar Kavignar Nandalala Main Road' as a tribute to the poet who was deeply involved in the literary and cultural circuit in Tiruchi. A letter was sent to the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government for the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, and permission had been obtained for renaming the road. All the councillors supported the resolution. Meanwhile, a section of councillors urged the Corporation to remove references to caste identities in street names and install new street name boards.
The Hindu
29-05-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Tiruchi Corporation plans to involve SHGs and NGOs in renovation and upkeep of public toilets
The Tiruchi Corporation has taken steps to redevelop the public and community toilets in the city, with plans to engage self-help groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to maintain the facilities to improve sanitation and hygiene. The Corporation has more than 320 public and community toilets in the city. The maintenance of about 20 toilets has been outsourced to NGOs. Despite being certified as an ODF++ (open defecation-free) city in the national-level cleanliness survey, Swachh Survekshan 2023, Tiruchi Corporation faced criticism for the poor upkeep of toilets. As a solution, it has planned to rope in self-help groups and appoint Corporation workers to maintain the facilities. More NGOs are to be roped in to operate and maintain the public toilets in key areas, a senior official said. Work on improving the infrastructure and maintenance of public toilets in the city has been taken up. Reconstruction of the toilets at Pattedar Street in Ariyamangalam at ₹8.80 lakh and maintenance and repair work at Kulathumedu at ₹2.65 lakh had been initiated by the civic body. Setting up borewells with water tanks to ensure round-the-clock water supply, and replacing the damaged urinals and washbasins in the sanitation complexes are being carried out. Renovation work had been initiated at prime locations such as Gandhi Market, Central and Chathiram bus stands. Workers are appointed to monitor to prevent damage to the toilets, especially at night and officials were asked to oversee the maintenance of public toilets at bus stands, by cleaning and disinfecting them regularly. High-pressure washer Meanwhile, a high-pressure washer is being used to clean public and community toilets in Zone IV. The portable unit with a handgun will spray water and cleaning liquid at high pressure to remove stains and dirt, which is effective compared to manual cleaning. It is said that these portable machines were used to clean more than 10 toilets a day. Similar machines were to be procured to clean public toilets in other zones.
The Hindu
28-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Town vending committee election to be held on May 30
The Tiruchi Corporation has made elaborate arrangements for the elections to the town vending committee on May 30 (Friday). A total of 15 candidates are contesting in the election to constitute the street vending committee in Tiruchi city. Six representatives of street vendors will be elected under six categories, with one representative per category. One representative each would be elected from the categories of Scheduled Caste, women, persons with disabilities, minorities, backward classes and general category. Officials said that there are about two to three candidates in each category. According to the officials, elaborate arrangements have been made for the elections. Around six polling booths have been set up and every polling booth would have a presiding officer and three polling officials. A total of 18 tables have been set up to facilitate the counting of votes. Revenue and Corporation officials have been appointed to carry out the elections and counting. Basic amenities such as drinking water and sanitary facilities were made. The polling will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School, Puthur. Counting of votes will be taken up at 6 p.m. the same day. As many as 6,220 street vendors were provided with identity cards through a GPS-enabled survey conducted by the civic body. Earlier, about 5,231 street vendors were identified, and following a backlash, a new round of enrolment was carried out to include those who had been left out. The election to the street vending committee was announced to regulate the business of street vendors in all five zones of the city without hindering public movement. A 15-member town vending committee will be formed following the election to make suggestions for finalising the vending zones and no-vending zones for business. The election is mandated under Section 38 (1) of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, and Tamil Nadu Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Rules, 2015.
