News item from THE HINDU
Three months after the tsunami, the community leaders of Thevanampattinam have resolved to resume fishing from April 1. Other fishermen in the district full story>>
Yesrtaed day there was a instense earth quake near Samatra coast.India government warned of possible tsunami.So people in coastal ares where evacuvated.
I hope a platform is about to be built in front the Subrayulu Rediyar park.If done soo Barathi road would look even beautiful.
I am happy to see Barathi road being extended.I was the work being carriedout right now.The work is initiated from the New Cinema end.It would be safer to use the road if the extension is carried out till the Collector Camp office on both the sides of the road.
The following news item originally appeared in BBC.It reports that in Cuddalore district the number of women killed in tsunami is three times as many as men.Here I’ve posted an extract from the BBC’s site itself.
In four villages in Aceh Besar district 189 of 676 survivors were female
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More women than men were killed by the Asian tsunami, Oxfam figures from India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka suggest.
In some regions the disaster claimed four times as many women as men.
The charity says women were worst-hit because they were waiting on beaches for fishermen to return, or at home looking after children at the time.
The research comes exactly three months after the under-sea earthquake caused a wave that devastated coastlines around the Indian Ocean.
Oxfam International focused their research on the Indonesian province of Aceh, the Cuddalore district of India full story>>
Reuters Alertnet reports it as
Source: Reuters
By Achmad Sukarsono - The Asian tsunami that devastated countries fringing the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26 may have killed up to four times as many women as men, the international aid group Oxfam says. In Indonesia’s Aceh province where the catastrophe left more than 220,000 killed or missing, Oxfam surveyed eight tsunami-affected villages and found surviving males far outnumbered females, according to a report released on Saturday. Findings were similar in India and full story>>
Read the press release of Oxfam foundation itself.Also read the full report(Note:The full report is in pdf format) by Oxfam foundation.
You also donate and/or volunteer Oxfam Foundation.
Here is a link for the Oxfam India’s web site.
Here I have posted links to some of the news items I came across this weekend
Ecology
Trouble blooms
| The flowering of bamboo forests in northeast India could set off a trail of famine and ecological havoc. AARTI DHAR looks at the issue. |
H. VIBHU
The beginning of the end — a bamboo grove.
WHEN the bamboo flowers, death and destruction follow, goes a traditional saying in Mizoram, the tiny hill state in northeast India. Way back in 1959, bamboo flowering in the State set off a chain of events that ultimately led to one of the most powerful “movements” against the Government spanning over two decades.
Folklore apart, scientists say that the strange phenomenon of bamboo flowering, called “gregarious bamboo flowering”, causes ecological havoc full story>>
MISCELLUS
Man of Indian origin arrested for murdering mother
A person of Indian origin was arrested on charges of murdering his mother at their residence in the Great Falls area of Washington.
Jayant Kadian (20) was charged with first-degree murder for full story>>
TSUNAMI-AFERMATH
Tsunami: scars still remain in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s tsunami wreckage that dotted the coastline three months ago has largely been cleared. The scars, however, continue to remain and full story>>
A grateful Galle
Three months after its worst recorded natural disaster, a warm “thank you” note welcomes guests to a hotel in this southern corner of Sri Lanka. “We remember those that came forward so spontaneously and gave generously to those in need. We also remember the Indian Navy doctors and their medical team that ran the OPD [out-patient department] at the hotel.. full story>>
| Tsunami victims await Vivek Oberoi’s return
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Soon after the tsunami struck on December 26, 2004, film actor Vivek Oberoi plunged into relief work at Devanampattinam in the Cuddalore district.
Two and a half months later, villagers in this fishing hamlet full story>> |
The road towards Thiruvanthipuram is narrow and will not address to the necessities of the fast growing town. Through broadening of the road from Thriupadhiripuliyur to Thiruvanthipuram will help to some extend, it doesn’t appear to be a permanent solution.
A possible solution is to lay a new road starting right from the Vandipalayam end of the new railway over-bridge (near Rang Roop Mahal) passing through the Saravana nagar,Keshava nagar..etc.,(which are relatively sparsely populated right now) and into the Kotthapakam atleast until Paadhirikuppam.
Road extension works are on progress in Car street,Lawrence road,Vandipalayam road,Subrayachetty street and in Riverside street.I wish the work to be carried out in Pudupalayam Mainroad ,Sanjivi Naidu street and Bodi chetty steert.The last two among the three will become busy streets once the Kambiampet-Semandalam bridge work is completed.
Bushes in Gadilam river under the Anna Bridge were cleared 3 weeks back.I am not sure about the purpose behind the removal those trees.But I love to see Mangrove trees planted there.If done so it will enhance the beauty of the place apart from checking flood and soil errosion.It will bring more beautiful birds too.
Day before yesrterday I went to Pondicherry I was really shocked to see Law College students playing cricket in a very very busy road.No one dared to ask them why .Law makers are the law breakers.
While return home a even pleasant experience awaited yes in CuddalorePondy bus.us overpacked even before getting out of busstand.Who woories about the plight of the passenger conductor superpacked the bus.As usual the was always pussing the passengers towards the interior of the bus(using vulgar language).
The price for a ticket is fixed for person to travel the entire distance sitting (I suppose).What is the necessity one have to pay the full amount of money without even having a place to stand properly.
There are two ways to fix this problem 1.To introduce more and more Government busses during the peak hours and special busses during the festive seasons 2nd and the permanent solution for this problem is to introduce a railroute between these two destinations.