Tamil Nadu news: State to hold third mega vaccination camp on September 26

The ruling DMK on Thursday appealed to the people, farmers, farm workers and traders to take part in the proposed nationwide strike on September 27 by farmer unionsand urged its functionaries as well to make the "Bharat Bandh" a success in Tamil Nadu.The party stood with farmers protesting -in Delhi and other places- against the farm laws, DMK's state agriculture wing chief NKK Periyasamy said, adding, the Centre was however autocratic and does not pay heed to them.

Daily cases of Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu witnessed an upward trend as 1,745 people were found to be infected on Thursday, pushing the overall caseload to 26,52,115.As many as 27 people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 35,427 till date, a medical bulletin said.With Tamil Nadu reporting an increase in the new infections over the last few weeks, the government accelerated its vaccination programme by announcing the third edition of Mega Vaccination camp scheduled to be held on September 26.

The Madras High Court has directed the state government authorities to shift the dumping yard in the city's Perungudi and Alandur elsewhere and ascertain the feasibility of declaring the Pallikaranai marsh land there as a bird sanctuary and as a Ramsar site.A Ramsar site is a wetland designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. Justice N Kirubakaran (since retired) gave the direction recently, while passing orders on a batch of petitioners, who apprehended arrest for alleged encroachment and fraudulent sale of a portion of the Pallikaranai marsh land to third parties. They were granted the relief by an order passed in December, 2014. By this recent order, the judge relaxed the conditions stipulated earlier in 2014. Even though these petitions were for anticipatory bail, as they involved alleged illegal transfer of marsh land, the judge said he was invoking Article 226 of the Constitution and issuing necessary directions in public interest to protect the marsh lands.

A 28-year-old post-graduate medical student successfully underwent Robotic Colorectal surgery for low rectal cancer, and succeeded in completing her studies winning a gold medal, Apollo Hospitals here said on Thursday.She was diagnosed with very low rectal cancer in 2017 when she was 24 years of age when she was about to join her medical post-graduation.

The Tamil Nadu government would hold its third edition of the Mega Covid Vaccination Camp on September 26, targeting to inoculate 15 lakh people, state minister Ma Subramanian said on Thursday.The decision to hold the third vaccination camp follows the success of the first and second camps, which surpassed the targeted number of people receiving the jabs set by the health department.Talking to reporters, Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian said on September 12 the department conducted the first camp targeting 20 lakh people. However it surpassed the target by vaccinating 21.98 lakh people.Similarly on September 19, during the second camp 16.43 lakh people were administered the covid vaccine as against the projected 15 lakh, he said.

A college student was stabbed to death by her boyfriend near Tambaram railway station. He also tried to kill himself and has been hospitalised.

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin launched a scheme to provide one lakh agricultural power connections to farmers in the state. Stalin inaugurated the project at a function held at Anna Centenary Library in Chennai. They issued orders for new electrical connections to 10 farmers.

A three-year-old boy from a village near Radhapuram was killed as a portion of the house collapsed on him on Wednesday afternoon. Agitated villagers who staged a protest blamed the blasts at the stone quarries close by as the cause of the incident that claimed the life of the toddler. The victim was identified as M Akash of Seelaathikulam in Radhapuram taluk. Full story

The Union territory reported 117 fresh Covid-19 cases even as 92 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, pushing the number of active cases to 945. Of them, 803 patients are under home isolation and treatment. Puducherry headquarters (73) has the maximum fresh cases followed by Karaikal (29), Mahe (14) and Yanam (1). Puducherry headquarters (592)has the maximum active cases followed by Karaikal (263), Mahe (76) and Yanam (14). Full story

The city corporation has handed over 11 roads measuring 41km to the state highways department for maintenance as it is going through a financial crunch. The civic body, which extends over an area of 257 sq km, has 2,700km roads in 100 wards. The roads connect major roads maintained by the national highways and state highways. As the corporation is facing a fund crunch, most of the roads are in a bad shape. Potholes are filled with stone chips, which does not ensure durability. Full story

Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee has called for more support from the public and the state government to better convey and take Gandhian thoughts, principles and ideologies to children and youth. Speaking on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Mahatma’s loin cloth revolution, which began in Madurai, here on Wednesday, she said Gandhian thoughts and ideologies are relevant even today. Full story

After vaccinating more than 16 lakh people during the mega camp on Sunday, the state did not hold any camp on Monday due to a shortage of vaccines. On Tuesday, it vaccinated 44,559 people. Between Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, Tamil Nadu received about 4 lakh doses of Covishield and 1 lakh dose of Covaxin. Full story

In the thick of civic poll preparations, officials seem to be too busy to tackle highly polluted water bodies near villages along Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR). Full story

Former chief minister and AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam on Wednesday demanded that the state government intensify measures to prevent the spread of dengue in Tamil Nadu.In a statement, Panneerselvam urged chief minister M K Stalin to accelerate the preventive measures and advise the officials concerned to create awareness among people. Full story

A 70-year-old woman accused in the murder of dalit leader C Pasupathy Pandian in 2012 was hacked to death and beheaded in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul on Wednesday morning. Full story

With Trichy district starting to report more Dengue cases, the public health department has intensified preventive measures against against the spread of the disease in the urban as well as the rural areas of the district. Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) in the city has set up an exclusive ward with 40 beds for treating Dengue patients. Full story

IMD has forecast thunderstorms with moderate rain in the city and suburbs and heavy spells at times over a few places. Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 34C and 25C. “The rain will be due to an upper air circulation and convection,” said N Puviarasan, director, area cyclone warning centre, IMD, Chennai. Meteorologists said the upper air circulation, or streams of air that flow at higher altitudes in the atmosphere, supports the wind convergence that may occur when the weak westerlies allow the entry of easterlies into the land. This may result in convective activity. The activity may bring rain to interior regions during the day and may shift closer to the coast at night. Full story

Tamil Nadu on Wednesday witnessed 1,682 new coronavirus cases with Coimbatore, Erode and Tiruppur districts contributing the maximum numbers, taking the overall caseload to 26,50,370. With 21 deaths due to the infection, including six in private hospitals and 15 in government facilities, the toll has risen to 35,400.With 1,627 patients getting discharged following treatment today, the cumulative recoveries stand at 25,97,943. The number of active cases, including isolation as on today, remains at 17,027, according to a bulletin here.