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QChennai: Spike in Leprosy Cases in TN, Groundwater Level Dips

Here is your roundup of the top stories from Chennai. 

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1. TN Sees Spike in Number of Leprosy Cases, No Cause for Alarm Say Officials

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The extensive nature of the screening, has allowed officials to determine with more precision how many cases there are at present on a ground level.
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In January this year, it was reported that Tamil Nadu saw a 5 percent increase in the number of leprosy cases. Earlier this week, it emerged that over 200 new cases were discovered. While these numbers seem alarming, officials in the state have claimed there is no need to panic.

“Many states only focused on the district-level elimination of cases. What we have done is to expand that to the block level, so that we are able to detect more cases,” says Dr K Kolandaswamy, Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. He further maintained that intensive drives were held to screen cases, with teams of doctors and experts going to a number of houses in different blocks within districts to determine how many cases are present, even if they have yet to be detected.

(Source: The News Minute)

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2. Groundwater Level Down By a Metre in City: Study

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The Rain Centre is advocating building more open wells to enable residents to tap shallow aquifers and also putting up recharge wells in public places.
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Inadequate rain this year and increased dependence have taken a toll on the groundwater table in the city. The average groundwater level has dipped by one metre in Chennai in June compared to the same period last year, according to a study by Rain Centre, a voluntary organisation.

As water resources, including the city’s major reservoirs, have remained scarce for the past two years, the city is being supplied with 650 million litres on alternate days. This has led to people extracting more groundwater to bridge the gap in Metrowater supply. The average water level in the city has dipped to nearly 6.4 metres below ground level this June compared to the same month last year.

(Source: The Hindu)

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3. Kamal Haasan Hoists the MNM Flag, Announces Names of Key Party Functionaries

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The Core Committee which was formed prior to the registration of the party with the ECI was dissolved and the members of that committee will henceforth be a part of the Executive committee.
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Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan hoisted the party flag at the MNM party office in Alwarpet, Chennai and announced the names of the office bearers of the party on Thursday, 12 July. This is the first time the party flag is being hoisted after MNM was registered with the Election Commission.

The actor-turned-politician announced Ku Gnana Sambandham as the Vice President of the party, Arunachalam as the Secretary and Suresh as the Treasurer of the party. Kamal Haasan launched his political party, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) in Madurai in February.

(Source: The News Minute)

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4. ‘Majority of Education Loans Are Over Rs 10 Lakh’

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Available data showed that 76% of the loan portfolio in Tamil Nadu is for loans upto Rs 4 lakh, which is categorised as priority sector lending.
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Loans over Rs 10 lakh accounted for a major chunk of education loans disbursed in Tamil Nadu for 2017-18, indicating that higher education has become expensive in recent years. The State saw Rs 1,800 crore worth of education loans disbursed, with the over-Rs 10 lakh category accounting for 71 percent, but supporting just 5,000 students, according to data from credit bureau CRIF High Mark.

With an education portfolio of Rs 20,650 crore, Tamil Nadu accounts for 25 percent of the Rs 82,600 crore disbursed as education loans in the country. About 30 percent of education loan borrowers are from six districts – Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Madurai and Thanjavur.

(Source: The Hindu)

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5. Board the Metro for a Trip Down Memory Lane

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They have been carrying out extensive research to see if these games can be used in special education and even to teach Maths.
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In an attempt to add a dash of fun to a Metro ride, stations will offer traditional board games that commuters can play for a while, and then head for their destinations. Chennai Metro Rail has joined hands with Kreeda, an organisation working to revive traditional board games like Pallanguzhi, Paramapadham, Aadu Puli Aatam, Kattam Vilayattu and Dhadi.

In all the 26 Metro Rail stations on two stretches — Chennai Central to Chennai Airport and AG-DMS to Chennai Airport — Kreeda’s team will have games set up from 16 July to 13 August. In 70 locations across the city, a car with a table and a game will hop over from one place to another with these games, to allow people try their hands at this and enjoy this exercise.

(Source: The Hindu)

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6. Woman’s Revenge Attempt Comes Undone

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Arrested for plan to kill husband and son’s murderer, she tells police that she feared for her life.
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A woman complained to the police that two persons had cheated her of the money she had paid to buy a product. When the police began investigating her complaint, they found out that the she had married Karthikeyan, an interior decorator after her first husband Manjula, died a few years ago. She had a son, Rithesh, with him.

The woman apparently had an affair with E Nagaraj, who often took Rithesh to tuition classes. When Karthikeyan found out, he complained to the police and warned Nagaraj to stay away from his wife. Infuriated, Nagaraj kidnapped the child and murdered him at Selaiyur. Afraid that Nagaraj might make an attempt on her life too, she hatched a plan to settle scores with the two men. She approached her acquaintances, Prasanth and Sudhakar of Saidapet, asking them to procure a gun for her and agreed to pay Rs 2 lakh. It is this product they cheated her off, and so she filed a complaint.

(Source: The Hindu)

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7. Man Hacked to Death in Adyar

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Police suspect enmity between victim and other real estate brokers to be the cause.  
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A 38-year-old man was hacked to death in full public view on Thursday by a gang in front of a school in Adyar when he was on his way home after dropping his children. The police identified the victim as Suresh. He was a real estate broker and cases were pending against him. Suresh and his brothers had a running feud with competitors in the business, the police said, suspecting that the murder could have been due to previous enmity.

After dropping his children off, he was returning home when an unidentified gang in an auto rickshaw knocked him down, an eyewitness said. According to the police, the gang attacked him with knives. He tried to fend them off but was overpowered. The gang hacked him to death.

(Source: The Hindu)

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