New Vegitable Market @ MTP road

The Coimbatore Corporation will initiate efforts build a new vegetable market in the city, on the lines of Koyambedu in Chennai, said Mayor S.M. Velusamy. Speaking while placing a resolution before the Council at the urgent meeting on Wednesday, he said that the civic body would initiate efforts to bring together the MGR Wholesale Market and the Anna Retail Market, which is next to the Saibaba Colony Police Station, and build a new market with all facilities.

The civic body had been receiving complaints, particularly from the police, saying that the presence of the markets on the Mettupalayam Road was causing traffic problem because of the frequent movement of lorries and other goods carriers.Councillors welcomed the Mayor's announcement with the thumping of desks.Incidentally, the Mayor address at the 2012-13 Budget speech says that since there was insufficient space at the Anna Wholesale Market to accommodate both wholesale and retail vegetable business the Corporation proposed to build a new market at its place in Kavundampalayam.

Sources in the Corporation said that though the announcement had been made the civic body was yet to initiate the process of shift the market. The resolution the Council passed with the regard to the market was for reducing the proposed increase in rent by 25 per cent. The subject tabled reasoned that the vegetable dealers at the market complained that the infrastructure at the market did not warrant such an increase. The Corporation had raised the rent to make it on a par with the rent fixed at private establishments. The other resolutions passed at the urgent Council meeting include extension of contract on temporary basis for street light maintenance, approval of tender for various commercial establishments, acceptance of bids for building bodies for lorries carrying solid waste and fixing deposit and rent for various establishments.

Osteoporosis cause of 83 per cent of all spinal fractures

Osteoporosis, a disorder characterised by decrease in the density of bone and bone mass resulting in fragile and weak bones, is of late proving to be one of the major 'silent killer diseases,' in the country, a specialist said today. According to various studies, osteoporosis-affected population in India would be around 28 million, with 20 per cent of women and 10 to 15 per cent of men aged above 50 becoming osteoporotic, Dr S Rajasekaran, Director, Ganga Hospital and President of Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI) told reporters here. Stating that the osteoporotic fractures occured in the spine, wrist and the hip bones, were largedly under-diagnosed and undere-treated in India, he said the problem was particularly worse in rural and semi-urban areas.

In urban areas, this was widely prevalent due to poor lifestyle pattern of the people and in general, 83 per cent of all spinal fractures were caused by Osteoporosis, which could be treated if the patient reached the surgeon on time with procedures such as Kyphoplasty and vertbroplasty, Rajasekaran said. The most important preventive measures are lifestyle change including quitting cigarette smoking, curtailing excessive alcohol intake, exercising regularly and consuming a balanced diet with adequate calcium and vitamin D. The World Osteroporosis day is being observed today, with the theme 'Don't bend to Osteoporosis,' Rajasekaran added.

Indian navy felicitate shooters !

he Indian Navy on Thursday felicitated ace shooters Omkar Singh and Harpreet Singh, who won gold medals in the recently concluded XIXth Commonwealth Games, in a ceremony held at INS Agrani base station in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore city.

Harpreet Singh, who was in high spirits on the occasion, said that he is now sweating hard to bag more medals for India in the upcoming Asian Games, which is scheduled to take place in China's Guangzhou city from November 12 to 27.

"Now I am focusing on the forthcoming Asian Games. I am preparing well and hoping to win medal also," said Harpreet Singh.

Omkar Singh said that the gold medals won by him at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, have encouraged many people, who are now showing immense interest in sport of shooting.

"Now a lot of guys and the family members and the children and even old people, who are having some power to hold the pistol have become interested in shooting," said Omkar Singh.

Both the gold medallists believe that India still lacks stars in the sport of shooting and the Central Government should therefore build more shooting ranges and provide better infrastructure to support such players

Voters strength goes up by 9%

The number voters in Coimbatore District has gone up by nine per cent following admission of 1,68, 135 applications (Form 6 for inclusion of names in electoral rolls) out of the total of 1,80,730 forms (excluding the other applications such as form 7, 8 and 8 A) submitted during the revision exercise, said Collector P. Umanath on Friday.

Prior to the revision, the electorate strength in the district was 18,81,516 and with the inclusion of nine per cent claims the total electorate strength has increased to 20,49,651. Mr. Umanath released the supplementary final electoral rolls for the 10 Assembly segments in the district. While all the districts in the State released the list on September 15, it was delayed by two days in respect of Coimbatore and Tirupur district owing to technical problems.

The Collector said that electors' database for the Assembly segments in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts remained common. Tirupur was earlier part of the composite Coimbatore district.

The massive transfer of data caused server problems and two days time was sought from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer for resolving the same. As many as 879 applications under Form Number 7 for removal of names were received and 804 of them were admitted.

As many as 6,482 Form 8 were received for amendments in voter rolls such as photograph and address change, the authorities admitted as many as 4,926 forms. Of the 4,140 Form 8 A received for change of address within the constituency 1,036 forms were entertained.

The photo voters' list will be on display for the public at the corporation office and taluk offices and RDO offices in the district from Monday (September 20).

Of the inclusion of names in the rolls, Kavundampalayam and Coimbatore North Assembly constituencies witnessed a highest inclusion of 29,420 and 22,779 voters respectively and Valparai witnessed the lowest inclusion of 8,286.

There had not been any bulk or en-masse submission of applications for inclusion since the Election Commission has warned against such practices and there was no bulk rejection of forms as well, Mr. Umanath said.

The numbers of new voters in the other Assembly segments are as follows: Mettupalayam 14,408, Sulur 16,376, Thondamuthur 19,282, Coimbatore South 13,611, Singanallur 18,256, Kinathukkadavu 16,302, and Pollachi 11,904.

Nuts 'n' Spices plansto enter cbe !

Nuts 'n' Spices, the Chennai-based chain of grocery stores, is planing to launch its first store in Coimbatore post Diwali. This would be the company's first store outside Chennai, where it currently operates 15 stores.

Confirming the development to ImagesFood, Sunil Sanklecha, founder and managing director, Nuts ‘n' Spices, said, “The store will be spread over an area of 1,500 sq ft, with a merchandise mix of 4,000 SKUs.”

The product portfolio of Nuts 'n' Spices – founded in 1999 – includes a range of dry fruits, spices, tea, beverages, mouth fresheners, sugar-free products, imported food products, frozen foods and snacks.