Thane Cyclone Devastates Trivandrum

Thane Cyclone Devastates Trivandrum

Every one in kerala was busy celebrating new year But not the people of Trivandrum.The sudden change in the weather has destroyed any hopes of Trivandrum to welcome the new year with thunder.

The Thane cyclone that had devastated the Tamilnadu coast had made the new year a tough event for Trivandrum natives. Water was the villain everywhere with enormous amount of water pouring into the city from everywhere.The effects of this incident was felt in almost all parts of kerala with unusual weather pattern.The Thambaanoor railway station was surrounded by water making any form of transport an impossible option.

trivandrum in water-thane cyclone

The reports from the meteorological stations still claim of the possibility of occasional rainfall in almost all areas of kerala for the next 48 hours.

As per reports almost 50 houses have been damaged along the coast and 5 persons have died.kerala government has stepped into its relief tone where the victims have been promised a sum of one lakh ex-Gratia payments.

The infamous Thane cyclone is reported to have wind speeds above 130 km per hour. This same cyclone had caused innumerable losses on the Tamilnadu coast mainly in the areas of Cudalore and Pondicherry. The total death toll has been said to be in the range of above 40 persons with many injured and thousands rendered homeless.

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Vinayan to Direct Anushka in Dracula 2012-3D Version.

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Elephants in Kerala :Are They Treated Well?

Elephants in Kerala :Are They Treated Well?

Kerala has got a long tradition of elephants.In almost all the temple festivals in kerala, the elephants have got a pivotal role to play.In many parts of india elephants are respected as incarnation of lord Ganesh. But nowhere you will see a place except Kerala where elephants are worshiped and made part of every festivals and poorams.

Elephant walking in tarred roads

But along with this there seems to be another side to this intriguing issue. Elephants are regarded as money making machines by many of the crooked business minds in the state. Along with making them visit every temple in the state for various temple festivals, many of these elephants are forced to work in many wood factories as a means to carry heavy woods to the respective parts of the factory. 

Many elephants in the state are also forced to walk in the hot sun through the tarred roads. Elephants can walk any distance as long as it is normal roads. But they are not accustomed to walking in tarred roads .The heat from the roads is found to have burned off the sole of many elephants.

Elephant attacking a man

It is no wonder that the number of incidents where in the elephants going mad and killing the mahout is increasing in the state comparing to anywhere in the world.

Many of the animal protection organization have condemned these practices like anything.They have issued many strict regulations regarding this issue. But still the problem prevails.

Going along with an esteemed tradition of using elephants for temple festivals is fine. But at the same time the kerala government needs to look forward and see to it that the elephants are not tortured. Proper regulations needs to be established in the state for any elephant owner to be followed for the safety and protection of the animal.

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  Kochi metro rail project: Will it Come Soon?

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Kochi metro rail project: Will it Come Soon?

Kochi metro rail project: Will it Come Soon?

kochi metro rail project has been taking the state on a roll these days.The Delhi model of metro rail project that is going to be built in Cochin was earlier said to be another initiative of the Delhi metro rail corporation. But the tough stand issued by Kerala regarding the issue has produced many problems.

What seems to work for the Delhi corporation is their experience in building such a project successfully.with this experience it was aimed at building the Kochi metro rail project at a very fast pace finishing the construction soon.

But the Kochi metro rail limited has now issued statements saying that they will be able to complete the project with out any help from the Delhi metro rail corporation. The points that they are pointing out is that if DMRC do this project, the engineers in the state will not be able to gain the required experience required for further maintenance.Though it is not a good idea to wait for the Delhi officials to arrive from Delhi to Cochin to solve any technical problem later, a solution could have been reached after discussions allowing the inclusion of Kerala engineers into the team of the project.

Kochi metro rail limited might be able to do the project on its own. But the point is how fast they can do it.As every day the project is delayed will cause the kerala government a heavy financial loss. Add to this the ever increasing traffic problems in the city.Hope that the project takes off soon...........

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EZHUTHACHAN AWARD TO M T VASUDEVAN NAIR

The well known malayalam writer M T Vasudevan nair recieved the ezhuthachan award.Ezhuthachan award is the best literary award offered by kerala government.Ezhuthachan award consists prize money of 1.5lakhs.
M T Vasudevan nair has written lots of novels,hundreds of short stories and about 55 film scripts.M T Vasudevan has already got njanapedam award for his work 'randamoozham'.It is india's top award given in the literary category.

MULLAPERIYAR DAM INSPECTED BY THE EMPOWERED COMMITTEE:IS THE COMMITTEE RIGGED?

 The empowered committee of the supreme court including C.D. Thatte and D.K.Metha inspected the mulaperiyar dam on dec 24 in the presence of both the state officials.

There were reports from the kerala officials that the committee was in favor of the tamil nadu officials and had been harsh on the kerala counterparts.It is even reported that the committee even asked the chief engineer P. Lathika to shut up when she started making her ideas public.If the officials themselves were not allowed to speak in front of the committee, it raises doubts about the decision committee will take on the issue.

Among the main points highligthed by the empowered committee includes:

1. Dam safety guidelines taken in a time-bound manner.
2. Removal of trees along the earth dam and protection of its slopes,
3. Rubber pitching along the upstream phase,
4. Relaying wearing coat on top of the Baby dam,
5. Undertaking a study on the possibility of an extra outlet in Mullaperiyar
6. Creation of blocks at the level of 155 feet around the reservoir, 
7. Marking of spillways in bold,
8. Making the road between Vallakkadavu and the dam motorable at the earliest,

All though these points mark the expertise of the committee, it is widely criticized that the committee had no proper knowledge about the engineering safety aspects of a dam. If the exam is judged by the illiterate, then the result is obvious........

C.D. Thatte and D.K.Metha

DAM999 SHORTLISTED FOR OSCAR

DAM999 shortlisted for OSCAR

A happy news for all indians and the dam999 team.dam999 is selected for the oscar.dam999 film is shortlisted under 'best picture' category.Also 3 songs from dam999 has shortlisted under 'best original song' category.

Total 99 songs have been shortlisted under best original song category.3 songs are from dam999.
On january 5,the academy will screen the clips of the songs.No more than 2 songs will be selected under a category.Songs should get a minimum for 8.25 points to get selected.If no song gets a minimum of 8.25 points,no songs will be selected.If only one song gets a minimum of 8.25,two other songs which comes under the first which also be selected.If two songs gets qualified,those two will be selected. 


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KERALA STATE FILM AWARDS 2011

KERALA STATE FILM AWARDS 2011

Kerala State Film awards was not a surprise to anyone as Salim Kumar , the national award winner for the best actor won the state award too. the director of his film[ Adaminte Makan Abhu] , Salim Ahmed bagged the best script writer award.

Kavya Madhavan won the award for the best female actress for her role in the film Gadhama directed by veteran director Kamal. Shyamaprasad won the best director award for the film Electra.

The awards were as :

Best actor : Salim Kumar
Best actress award : Kavya Madhavan
Best director : Shyama Prasad
Second best film : MaKara Manju
Best supporting actress: Mamata Mohandass

Best supporting actor :Biju Menon

Best popular film 2011  Pranchiyettan and the Saint
Best script writing  : Salim Ahmed
Best Playback singer : Hariharan
Best playback singer :  Rajalakshmi
Best comedian : Suraj Venjaramoodu
Best music director : M Jeyachandran
Best child artist : Krishna Padmakumar
Best make-up man : Pattanam Rasheed

Tamil nadu Response to the Mullaperiyar Dam Issue

Tamil nadu Response to the Mullaperiyar Dam Issue

Kerala has been repeatedly trying to make Tamil nadu accept the imortance of building a new dam. But the response from the other end has been cold. Why? The fact that Mullaperiyar Dam though in Kerala is controlled by Tamil nadu might prove to be the reason. The money that Tamil nadu pays Kerala for the amount of water it takes is too meagre when considering similar such aggrements in india and abroad.

Hence the fear of Tamil nadu that they may loose the contract and control of the dam if a new dam is built is logical.But what seems to be disregarded is the danger that this dam poses to the people of the neighboring districts in Kerala. Even the studies and findings by the IIT Kanpur professors seems to be not acceptable to them.

Further the move by Tamil nadu government to advertise in various Malayalam dailies using certain supreme court comments taken out of context has been criticized like anything by the apex body itself. The furour in that state has even forced the home minister of india to take sides with his home state in this issue.That further raised another day of outrage in the media of the country.

The end result has been that various means of travel between the states has been widely affected .Buses has been cancelled and many film shootings of Kerala films has been forced to stop in Tamil nadu. There is even reports that many groups in Tamil nadu is brainwashing the tamil workers in Kerala and making them to come back to Tamil nadu and cry out in the media how badly they were being treated in Kerala.

The close relations between both the states has been widely affected and there has arisen a sense of enmity among the people. Whenever we see a Tamilian these days, this issue comes to our minds.Hopes the issue is solved soon.

video conferencing in kerala jails

video conferencing  in  kerala  jails

The new introduction of the kerala government is to introduce the system of videoconferencing in almost all the jails of the state.This has been facilitated to reduce the expenses of escorting the prisoners from jails to the courts for the repeated trials. Further this move reduces the chance of the prisoners to escape during the journey.

Now this system is available in only the main 3 prisons of the state.The move to introduce this system might prove to be a landmark in kerala, considering the fact that not many states have this system of technology.

This further emphasizes the idea that kerala is moving technology oriented under the regime of oomen chandy.The kerala chief minister had earlier created history by becoming the first chief minister to introduce the close circuit cameras in the chief ministers office and streamed it on line live in Internet.The live functioning of the chief ministers office can be viewed by anyone on Internet, thus reducing the doubts of corruption and illegal practices.

MULLAPERIYAR : TAMILNADU SPENDING SECRET FUNDS?

           Tamil Nadu spending secret funds?...in the mullaperiyar case.One thing it is sure that TamilNadu collected a huge  secret fund for spending for Mullaperiyar case.And they are using this fund wherever needed. It is clear from the AG Mr .Dhandapani's statement in the Kerala high court.It is also clear from the views of Human Rights commission and crisis management commission.Tamil Nadu government may have given crores,unless otherwise we cant expect these type of views or statement from them.

        Mullaperiyar cell chairman M.K.Parameshwaran Nair also stated that the water from mullaperiyar dam can be stopped at Idukki dam.

            Kerala government also made some mistakes from their part.In the High court,government had presented like,they had started moving families nearby the areas where it will be affected when there will be overflow from idukki dam.From this,Kerala government is indirectly stating that 'Even if mullaperiyar dam collapse,water can be stopped at Idukki dam.It was a big mistake statement form kerala government.

       It has to be noted that,TamilNadu government will defenitely use these 'points' in the Supreme court for Mullaperiyar case .