PRAGATI MAIDAN BLUES

when this writer was happy in seeing a conditional note on Contractacts and brochures on "Non Smoking" the words were perhaps took plaace in this blog. Non smokers to the IITF 08 are more happy in seeing a prominant Signage in the main entrance ie gate7 opp to supreme court with all warnings that the Entire Pragati maidan complex is "SMOKE FREE". Indeed a positive step.

LALU KA KAMAL(u)(THANKS PIB.NIC.IN)&mor

Monday, November 10, 2008
	Ministry of Railways
	RAILWAY REVENUE EARNINGS UP BY 15.76 PER CENT DURING APRIL- OCTOBER 2008
	14:11 IST
	The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during 1st April – 31st October, 2008 were Rs. 44547.52 crore compared to Rs. 38481.83 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 15.76 per cent. The total goods earnings have gone up from Rs. 25688.18 crore during 1st April-31st October, 2007 to Rs. 30151.97 crore during 1st April-31st October 2008, registering an increase of 17.38 per cent. The total passenger revenue earnings during first seven months of the financial year 2008-09 were Rs. 12575.05 crore compared to Rs. 11160.90 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 12.67 per cent. The revenue earnings from other coaching amounted to Rs. 1127.55 crore during April-October 2008 compared to Rs. 1059.87 crore during the same period last year, an increase of 6.39 per cent. The total sundry earnings have gone up from Rs.572.88 crore during April-October 2007 to Rs. 692.95 crore during April-October 2008, showing an increase of 20.96 percent. The total approximate number of passengers booked during April-October 2008 was 4119.63 million compared to 3867.08 million during the same period last year, showing an increase of 6.53 per cent. In the suburban and non-suburban sectors, the number of passengers booked during April-October 2008 was 2193.73 million and 1925.90 million compared to 2117.02 million and 1750.06 million during the same period last year, an increase of 3.62 per cent and 10.05 per cent respectively. AKS/HK/LK/TR

WAIT FOR TWO DAYS ONLY.IN THE LUNGS OF DELHI?

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Exhibitor Search : Enter Keyword By Company or By Product IITF 2008 IITF- A veritable gateway for brand building by confluencing together Captains of trade and industry, foreign emissaries, decision makers, business persons,entrepreneurs, overseas business delegations, thinkers and lot more. A showcase of India's capabilities in technology and manufacturing. India Trade Promotion Organisation the nodal trade promotion organisation of the Government of India, presents the 28th edition of its premier event "INDIA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR"- a reliable connection to the vast Indian and overseas market. IITF has evolved into the largest show of its kind in Asia. The fair offers a reliable platform for initiation of trade exchanges, technology transfers, joint venture opportunities,identification of agents and distributors. Popularly known as the "MINI INDIA SHOW" IITF provides an insight into the impact of digital revolution, especially e-governance in different States/ Union Territories with its spin-offs covering virtually every section of the population. State Pavilions offer unique show window to a broad product spectrum ranging from goods having hi-tech orientation with traditional character and appeal. The past edition of IITF has attracted participation of about 7500 Indian companies with overseas participation from 44 countries with 380 companies.Whopping presence of the domestic and international business persons including trade delegations made the show a great success. The show also witnessed presence of general visitors which was around 3 million.

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Smoking inside in Pragati Maidan premises/exhibition
ground/halls is strictly prohibited.

BEYOND BOUNDRIES.tOWARDS CULTURAL REVOLUTION(THANKS TIRUMALA .ORG)

KAISIKA DWADASI

The Mangala Kaisika Dwadasi programme will be conducted simultaneously in 108 mandals of A.P on November 10 by 9AM. This Kaisika Dwadasi Mahotsavam will be conducted in 108 Dalitha Wadas from 5 mandals in each district of A.P are chosen to perform this utsavam.

The Dharma Prachara Parishad wing of TTD is conducting this Kaisika Dwadasi programme to resuscitate our culture, traditions, and values in the society. The programme starts with Nityarchana, Sri Venkateswara Homam to the Lord, Mangala Kaisika Kathaganam by Haridasa Bhagavathar, Annamaiah Sankeerthana Gosti, Govindanama Smarna etc will be performed simultaneously in all the 108 places in the state.

In Chittoor District six villages are selected in five mandals viz, Z.P.High School and Bhattu Janaganapalli village in Gangadhara Nellore mandal, Chiruthanikunta Village in penumur mandal, T.P.Kota village in Satyavedu Mandal, M.R.Palli in Tirupati rural mandal.

Last year this Kaisika Dwadasi was performed in 118 Dalithawadas in Andhra Pradesh on November 27, 2007 .

ISSUED BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, TTDs, TIRUAPATI

Tourism Ministry suggests reduced tariff rates to hoteliers to make India an affordable destination
	17:12 IST

The Government has suggested hoteliers to slash room tariffs by 10 to 15% to meet the challenges posed by the global economic meltdown in the tourism sector in India. The suggestion was conveyed by the Secretary Union Ministry of Tourism Shri Sujit Banerjee to the members of the Federation of Hotels & Restaurants Association of India (FHRAI) when they called on him here today. The meeting was organised to assess the impact of global meltdown in the tourism sector in India at the direction of the Tourism & Culture Minister Smt. Ambika Soni. Some more meetings with stake holders in the tourism sector are slated in next few days. The five member FHRAI delegation comprised of Shri Vivek Nair, Vice Chairman, Leela Group; Shri Rajindra Kumar, Hotel Taj Ambassador, Delhi; Shri Salim Sherwani, Sherwani Hospitalities Ltd; Dr.Sunil Gulati, Uttarakhand Hospitality and Major Harish Sud, Secretary General, FHRAI. The delegation conveyed to the government that they will consider the guidance given by the Secretary, Ministry of Tourism regarding room tariffs and formulate their response as soon as possible. The FHRAI delegation also apprised the Secretary(Tourism) about some of their outstanding demands such as infrastructure status for hotels, delinking of hotels from real estate, external commercial borrowings and the problem of Floor Area Ratio (F.A.R.) that has been extended by the Ministry of Urban Development to the Hoteliers in Delhi at what they called very high development charges. They also wanted the hotels in Lutyens zone in New Delhi to be considered for a higher F.A.R. They also demanded single window clearance for the construction activity in hotel industry. The Secretary, Ministry of Tourism assured the delegation that his ministry will extend all possible assistance to the hotel industry for safeguarding its interest and its growth in the country. ***** AD/SL

Sir. Your Honour. WE know the Belgium Mirror.

The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil and the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh at the ceremonial reception of the King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on November 04, 2008.

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Water; water every where?(thanks pib.nic.in)

New projects under JNNURM for Kanpur and Varanasi
	15:50 IST

The 59TH Meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) under the Chairmanship of Dr. M. Ramachandran, Secretary Urban Development approved new projects under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). For Kanpur and Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Kanpur: Comprehensive 210 MLD sewerage treatment for old city area of Kanpur has been approved by CSMC with Project cost of Rs 101.0045 cr out of which Government of India will bear Rs.50.0073 crore (50%). First installment of Central Assistance to the tune of Rs. 1250.18 lakhs 25% of the total Central assistance has been recommended by the committee. The project will provide Sewerage facility in Kanpur city in Comprehensive manner and to collect, convey and treat the sewage as per PCB standard. This project will cater to the present population of 32 lakhs of Kanpur city, the largest commercial centre in U.P., which is located on the river Ganga and currently discharges 426 MLD sewage against which the installed capacity for sewage treatment in the city currently is 162 MLD. Out of 23 nalas in Kanpur, 19 nalas have been intercepted. The earlier approved sewerage project under JNNURM has already been taken up for sewerage District -I for which gravity sewerage network of 69 kms, rising main of 6 kms, renovation of 11 existing sewage pumping stations, construction of 1 new sewage pumping station, renovation of 3 existing STP’s and construction of one 15MLD STP for District III and 43 MLD STP for District -I is underway. At present under Ganga Action Plan Phase-II, relieving sewers for Bakarmandi to Rakhimandi of 4.3 kms, tapping of Ganda nala and Halwa Khanda nala 30 MLD, trunk sewer along COD nala along with intermediate pumping stations at Munshipurwa 74MLD, Rakhimandi 96MLD and main pumping station for 200 MLD are in progress and are likely to be completed by 2009. There is hence a need to provide a sewage treatment facility otherwise this network would keep polluting the river Ganges despite investments made in constructing the sewage network. The project under JNNURM will utilize this existing gravity sewerage network under construction and the intermediate pumping stations at Rakhimandi, Munshipurwa and Ganda nala will pump the combined sewage to the main pumping station at Bingawan through trunk sewer along COD nala which will be treated in the two modular units of 105MLD each. Necessary land of 56 hectares for STP has already been acquired by the Municipal Corporation for this purpose. This will benefit District II which discharges 210 MLD but does not have any treatment capacity at present. The remaining four nalas that were not tapped earlier – Sisamau nala, Ganda nala, Halwa khanda nala and COD nala will be now tapped under this project. DPR for remaining area of sewerage for District -II is under preparation so that an integrated sewerage system of both STP as well as network would be ready in 30 months by Feb’2011. Samples of waste water would be taken every 24 hours and design of the STP would be based on the techno-economic considerations and quality of effluent shall meet the CPCB/State Pollution Control norms on D.O. and B.O.D. levels. The pollution load on Pandu river which ultimately meets the Ganga 20 kms downstream will be reduced by this project leading to a significant improvement in the quality of water in the Ganga. State Govt. will also provide an independent roster free dedicated electricity line for the STP to function 24x7 on a continuous basis. Municipal byelaws will have mandatory provisions for connections to the sewerage network from the latrines and there will be no dry latrines in the city. Kanpur Municipal Corporation would however rework the financial viability in terms of the revenue streams and the expenditure streams so that the project’s financial viability is ensured as the number of households have increased from 2.37 lakhs to 4.36 lakhs as a result of a fresh survey of properties in the city which could be used for levying sewerage user charges. Varanasi: The CSMC also approved Water supply Part-II in Cis-Varuna area with project cost of Rs 86.10 cr. Centre has allocated Rs 43.05 cr which is (50%) of the total project cost. First installment of Rs. 10.76 crores 25% of total Central Assistance has been approved. Varanasi city’s current population of 16 lakhs comprising 2.37 lakh households having 1.11 lakh house service water supply connections would be benefited under this project. Part-I of this water supply project was sanctioned under JNNURM and is under implementation. It comprised of repair and renovation, replacement of raw water pumps and installation of a substation at Bhadaini intake water works on the banks of the Ganga constructed in 1892; raw water transmission line for 1.8 kms; Bhelupur treatment plant repair and augmentation of WTP, replacement of clear water pumps and substation; Clear water transmission system for 23.02 kms; service reservoir having 27 CWR’s, 17 OHT’s, 84 booster pumps, 51.5kms independent electric feeder; zonal pumping station repairs and SCADA systems for controlling the supply of water; leak detection equipment and magnetic flow meters. The approved project will utilize this augmented facility from the earlier project using the raw water intake and treatment for distribution networks of 466.275 kms and 31,000 water meters which will be installed across the cis-Varuna area. This will replace the existing pipelines that are over 50 to 100 years old and are damaged causing water losses of over 30%. This project will lead to an integrated approach and a comprehensive water supply system capable of fulfilling the needs of this part of the old city for the next 30 years and also reduce the dependence on deep tube wells for water supply many of which are completing their useful life. The Non-revenue water in the system will be reduced to 15% from the existing 35% and it is envisaged that there will be a pressure of 10 m at the tail end of the distribution network. Municipal Corporation Varanasi has committed to provide metered house connections so that the present flat rate basis of tariffs would be changed to volumetric based water tariff by 2010 when the project is completed in a period of 24 months. TFK/MT

Forgetting The Super GEETHACHARYA>?Where we go

DEARONES, Last month I had been to various temples in thanjavur and kumbakonam districts, during Navarathri celebrations with my wife and daughter.It was a very nice trip and I want to share an experience, which I feel is very important. We had been to the very famous village Oothukkadu, where there is a temple of Shree kalinga Nardhana Perumal,about whom the famous poet Venkatakavi (OOTHUKKADU VENKATA SUBBAIYER ) has written innumberable songs like Alaypayuthe, Palvadiyum Mugam, Kalla parvai ondre podhume and so on . Actually the temple is now without any bakthas or poojas . No nithya pooja is now being performed in that temple now, due to lack of attention of bakthas .No revenue for the temple . The temple is now looked after by one Mr Jayarama Battachariar, who on his own just opens the temple and lits lamp every day . His monthly salary given by our state govt is Rs 37 - and that too once in a year he has to go to Kumbakonam and collect . Actually his father and grandfathers were parambara poojaris of that temple.So as per his father s wish , he now looks after the temple. No poojas,No abishekhas and No bakthas. This disturbed me very much. I felt it very bad and thought to share this with you all. Such a condition is not suitable to The great Kalinga nardhana Perumal, OUR beloved krishna . I enlose the address of the Bhattachariar and a picture of kalinga nardhana perumal and also make an appeal to all of you to BRING BACK GLORY TO OUR KRISHNA Let kalinganardhana perumal give u all a very prosperous life . Also feel free to contact me thru email and I shall give u more details about the temple"s present position along with the route to the temple. Address of the Poojari is : R JAYARAMA BATTACHARIAR, SRI KAAALINGA NARDHANA PERUMALKOVIL ARCHAKAR, 1/212,AGRAHARAM, OOTHUKKADU ( P O ), AVOOR ( VIA ), PIN CODE 612 701 TAMILNADU PHONE 04374 268549 MOB 9442699355 radhekrishna radhekrishna radhekrishna

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