Tvm to become first Nokkukooli-free city
Express News Service
Last Updated : 08 Nov 2011 10:59:34 AM IST
THIRUVANANATHAPURAM: As part of ending the dispute over loading and unloading by a section of unscrupulous workers, the State Government is launching the unification of the loading and unloading charges in the state. Thiruvananthapuram will be declared the first ‘nokkukooli-free’ city in the state on November 9.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the function at Panchayat Association Hall here on Wednesday. Ministers P K Kunhalikutty, V S Sivakuamr, Mayor K Chandrika, MPs Shashi Tharoor, A Sampath, MLAs and other people’s representatives will attend the function. The loading and unloading charges of building construction materials and furniture have been revised in view of the complaints that a section of workers are demanding exorbitant rates. The unified fee structure would be implemented in the city for the first time. Later it will be implemented in all the five municipal corporations in the state. Labour Minister Shibu Baby John’s office had held several rounds of talks with the trade union leaders in this regard. As per the scheme, the fare for articles to be unloaded can be remitted in advance in all the branches of the State Bank of Travancore. The application containing the list of articles and its fares will be available at the residential associations, Headload Workers Welfare Fund offices and on the website of the Labour Department - Labour Commissionerate, Kerala. The workers can claim the amount remitted in the bank fromHeadload Workers Welfare Fund Board office or from the local office of the Board. The applicant has to submit three copies of the application form along with payment. The original copy will be kept in the bank, the duplicate with the applicant and the third copy will be given to the workers who unload the articles. The fees will include the charges for unloading and for stacking the same in the vehicle. The list also contains the charges for transporting the materials on head for 25 metres from the vehicle. In case of any dispute the complaints could be solved through the Headload Workers Welfare Fund Board and District Labour Office. The Helpline of the Labour Department also could be a approached for settling the dispute. The Labour Department has been instructed to initiate stringent action against those who demand exorbitant rates or misbehave with the clients.For more details log on to Labour Commissionerate, Kerala.
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Sixty species recorded at Bonacaud
At Bonacaud in the city suburbs, the days are now a cacophony of chirps, cheeps, squeals, grating calls and loud, piercing cries. If you are not used to seeing these birds, you would think it is a whole bunch of different types of birds. The whole lot of calls come from a single bird, the black bulbul, said C Sushanth, co-ordinator of Warblers and Waders, a city-based bird and nature lovers group. The Warblers and Waders came across these happy active flocks of black bulbuls at one of their regular bird watching camps at Bonacaud forest region, a part of the Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary. While it is difficult to spot these birds against the dark green canopy, what gives them away are the coral red bills, say the bird watchers.
Raucous flocks of these smoky black birds have happily occupied the forest canopy in Bonacaud, thanks to the rain and mist in the upper reaches.
These birds are commonly observed in the higher elevations of the Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary such as Athirumala, Pongalappara and Agasthyakoodam region. These birds make movement related to rain, migrating to lower elevations every year, explained Sushanth. The bird watchers noticed large flocks of Black Bulbul on the trek path from Bonacaud picket station to Karamana.
The bird watching camps, held with the support of the Kerala Forest Department, are aimed at studying the migratory birds, which start coming into the state right from September. Sixty bird species were recorded in the Bonacaud-Karamana trek path during the camp.
Some of the major migratory birds that were noticed at the one-day camp were the Grey wagtail, Forest wagtail, Greenish leaf warbler, Large-billed leaf warbler, Ashy drongo, Brown shrike, Long-billed pipit and the Asian brown flycatcher.
Other significant birds sighted were the Mountain imperial pigeon, Oriental white eye, Oriental honey buzzard, Black eagle, Crested serpent eagle, Scarlet minivet, Ruby-throated bulbul, Malabar whistling thrush, Grey jungle fowl, Heart-spotted woodpecker, Great tit, Velvet-fronted nuthatch, Black-naped monarch, Spotted babbler and Crested tree swift.
The Warblers and Waders will be conducting migratory bird watching camps at different forest regions of Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts in the coming months.
The next one will be at the Nambikovil forest region of Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu, an area continuous to the Agasthyakoodam biosphere region, on November 12, in connection with Indias Great Bird Man Dr Salim Alis birth anniversary celebrations.
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