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NMR day to be celebrated on sept 1

Tags: 111th year | Coonoor | Fernhil | NMR | steam locomotive

Coimbatore, Sept 2 (PTI) A steam heritage run is proposed from Coonoor to Udhagamandalam, as part of Nilgiri Mountain Rail day being celebrated on September 15,as the famous Rack and Pinion Steam hauled NMR is entering its 111th year of existence. In order to re-iterate the importance of Heritage and also to preserve the engineering marvel for posterity, NMR day is celebrated every year so that the Nilgiri Mountain Railway remained alive in public memory. The century old heritage line was opened in stages between Mettupalayam and Ooty (now Udhagamandalam). The Mettupalayam to Coonoor rack section was opened on June 15, 1899, and Coonoor to Fernhill section on Sept 15, 1908. The Fernhill to Ooty section was opened on Oct 15, 1908. Since there were three distinctive dates for three sections, a common date is selected to celebrated the NMR Day, southern railway said. An essay and drawing competition will be conducted at Udagamandalam Station on the subject of NMR and date, eligibility and age group will be announced later. An Heritage Exhibition is being planned at Udagamandalam which will be open for the tourists, passengers and local public to view old photographs of heritage value, antique items of heritage importance, railway sources said. As many tourists and passengers expressed their wish to see the steam loco at close quarters as well as take a very short distance ride on the steam driven train, a 'novel steam experience' for passengers is being planned in the future, where a steam locomotive with minimal coaches will be operated in Ooty station yard for the viewing pleasure. Passengers wanting to travel on this Steam trip in Ooty yard will be charged nominally, the sources said

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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 13:45    PDF  | Print |  E-mail
Eye Camp

Tags: Aravind eye Hospital | Eye Camp | Jain Sangh

Mettupalayam Jain Sangh had organised organised a free eye camp at Jain Bhavan, Mettupalayam in association with Aravind eye hospital. The camp was held on 29.08.2010 more than 100 people got their eyes tested and this was a monthly event conducted by Mettupalayam Jain Sangh. Next Camp is be held on 03.10.2010. This event started as a charity event for Mahavir Jayanthi and now the community has thrown its weight behind this community service and now there is a corpus and a team that organises these events. There is talk that the next camp is for truck drivers organised in conjunction with the Local Police department.
 
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 09:14    PDF  | Print |  E-mail
Make Mettupalayam train services permanent
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Tags: Mettupalayam Train | Permanent Train

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Coimbatore: The high level committee of the Mettupalayam People's Welfare Federation has resolved to urge the Railway Ministry to make the Coimbatore – Mettupalayam special train services permanent.

Convenor of the Federation T.T. Arangasamy said that the special trains that were operated for the last three months had become extremely popular among the public. The occupancy/patronage for the trains was very encouraging earning revenue for the railways.

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Monday, 30 August 2010 22:14    PDF  | Print |  E-mail
Velankani Flag Hoisting and rituals commence

Tags: Annai Veilankanni Shrine | Flag Hoisting | Navanal

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Mettupalayam, Aug 31, 2010 : The Annai Velankanni shrine has hoisted its flag to mark its celebrations at Velankanni in Southern Tamil Nadu. This is an annual event and attracts many people to flock for the prayers. The newly built tower with the colourful lights is a quite a sight for the eye, that velankanni shrine festival starts at 27th august by flag hoisting. Daily events listed below,

27.08.2010 - Friday - 06:00Pm - Flag Hoisting.

28.08.2010 - Saturday - 06:00Pm - Thirupali, Venduthal Ther.

29.08.2010 - Sunday - 06:00Pm - Thirupali, Venduthal Ther.

30.08.2010 - Monday - 06:00Pm - Thirupali, Venduthal Ther.

31.08.2010 - Tuesday - 06:00Pm - Thirupali, Venduthal Ther.

01.09.2010 - Wednesday - 06:00Pm - Thirupali, Venduthal Ther.

02.09.2010 - Thursday - 06:00Pm - Thirupali, Venduthal Ther.

03.09.2010 - Friday - 06:00Pm - Thirupali, Venduthal Ther.

04.09.2010 - Saturday - 07:00Am, 11:00Am - Thirupali, Venduthal Ther, Navanal Prayer, Aradana.

06:00Pm - Thirupali, Venduthal Ther.
 
Monday, 30 August 2010 22:05    PDF  | Print |  E-mail
Scientists develop protein-rich potato

A genetically engineered, protein-enriched potato is being readied for commercial field-testing in India, scientists here said.

Developed by Asis Datta at the National Centre for Plant Genome Research in Jawaharlal Nehru University, the "protato" - "pro" from protein and "tato" from potato - has up to 35 percent more protein than a normal potato due to a gene transfer from the amaranth plant.

Potato, a starch-rich tuber, contains barely one percent protein while the amaranth plant has nutrition-rich leaves and seeds used for culinary purposes.

Scientists have isolated the gene in the amaranth responsible for protein synthesis and have introduced it into potato, thus increasing the tuber's protein content.

Scientist and National Commission of Farmers member R.B. Singh said on the sidelines of a two-day workshop on biotechnology: "It is a marvellous discovery working on the fact that protein is consumed on a large scale in India."

The workshop being held Monday and Tuesday at the Jamia Millia Islamia and Jawaharlal Nehru University here will have sessions by Indian scientists on India's new biotech policy, the development and trial of new vaccines and traditional medicine.

According to Singh, since protato has protein similar to amaranth, there are likely to be no negative effects. He said the Review Committee on Genetic Manipulation had cleared the product.

"What remains to be seen are matters regarding pricing and farmers' premiums that have to be taken care of," Singh said, claiming protato would make a world of difference in nutrition since more than 40 percent of the world's malnutrition was caused by protein deficiency.

Though India is the world's largest potato producer, it does not export any since domestic consumption itself is high.

Source : Potatopro.com
 
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