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6.10.09

First swine flu vaccines out in the US

wine flu vaccines are out in the US - in two cities initially, and across the country in coming months.

The first 5,000 doses at a hospital each in Memphis and Indianapolis were administered to health care workers and first responders.




Officials acknowledge that it will be months before there are enough doses to cover significant segments of the population - distribution is difficult for many reasons. "Is it fast enough? No. But it's what's feasible and it's what can be done," says Dr Jay Butler.

Also, there aren't enough trained people to deliver the vaccines. "The workforce in both health care and public health is extremely stretched. We have let go many workers in both areas," explains Dr Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota

But while many people who want the vaccine will not get it for months, surveys reveal there are several others who are suspicious of the vaccine and do not want it. Medical authorities say the fears are unwarranted.

Meanwhile, the latest figures show that about a thousand people are hospitalised in the US every week for swine flu.

How Floods

What caused the floods?

After a severe drought, what led to the massive scale of floods in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh? Blame it on the rain, you could say. Irrigation officials say this is probably the maximum possible flood in 10,000 years. But could it have been better managed? NDTV tracks the causes for the floods.

Unprecedented rains in North Karnataka on Thursday flooded several districts, cutting off areas like Bijapur, Bagalkot and Bellary. Karwar for instance got 50 cm of rain in a single day. Locals called it the heaviest downpour in 50 years.

The waters inundated the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers and the Karnataka government released upto 8 lakh cusecs of water from the Almatti and Narayanpur dams, in a single day.

From the last week of September, Andhra Pradesh was experiencing heavy rains, some areas got over 30 cm in a single day. This brought heavy inflows into major projects in Krishna Basin like Jurala, Srisailam, Nagarjunasagar, Prakasam Barrage and Sunkesula.

Early on Friday, reports started coming in of water levels rising dangerously in the border town of Mantralayam in Andhra Pradesh.

By evening, the water level had crossed the danger mark in Srisailam dam. In a single day on Friday, the reservoir had received over 25 lakh cusecs of water in 12 hours, whereas it is designed to get no more than 13.6 lakh cusecs. This is the probable maximum flood predicted once in 10,000 years.

On Saturday, the maximum water limit was crossed in Srisailam, Jurala and Sunkesula projects causing inundation in many villages in the backwaters. Kurnool town and several villages in Kurnool, Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts were flooded.

From the Srisailam dam, the waters were flowing into Nagarjunasagar dam. On Sunday morning, 10.85 lakh cusecs were released to keep the masonry dam safe.

The waters that reached Prakasam Barrage in the coastal Krishna district on Monday have submerged hundreds of villages. Prakasam Barrage has never received such huge amounts of water in the last 100 years.

Critics point out that the Andhra Pradesh government could have better anticipated and prepared for systematic release of waters from the Sukeshu, Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar dams before matters got really out of hand.

The Andhra Pradesh government, however, points out that it is the first time in history that the scale of floods has been so massive.

"This is known as PMF or possible maximum flood, which happens once in 10,000 years,'' says Geetha Reddy, the state's information minister.

Meanwhile, the Met Dept has said there is likely to be a letup in rains. Karnataka says it will release minimum waters. So the waters in the major dams may be safely regulated.


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CommentsPosted by Jaishankar on Oct 05, 2009

Even today parts of delata region near Andhra, TN & Karnataka dont have much water. Where as there were canals which connected these region. All three State governments including central government never paid attention to maintain these canals and create new water bodies or canals so that other parts of state also can benefit. All three State CMs are having one common character that they will not adhere to Supreme Court orders. Then how can they expect common man to adhere IPC.

Posted by Sri on Oct 05, 2009

Its nothing but failure of AP & Karnataka governments with zero coordination. If Karnataka had warned or Andhra got this through CWC or other body and released SriSailam water ahead of Karnataka water reaching SriSailam, they would have reduced the impact. And issue about Kurnool is just after effects of YSRs decisions to increase SriSailam capacity. As a government, it's not their duty to say this is due to God. This is purely human failure. There is clearly 12-24 hour gap between one dam to other. This is more than enough to plan and regularize the flow

Five airports sold for Rs 63 crore to Reliance

How much would you pay for five airports spread over 601 hectares of land? It cost Reliance Airports a sum of Rs 63 crore to get a 95-year lease for five airports in Maharashtra.

Just 10 days before the model code of conduct kicked in in the poll-bound state, the Maharashtra government cleared the privatisation of five small-town airports -- in Baramati, Nanded, Latur, Osmanabad and Yavatmal.

Reliance Airports beat other bidders to win the bid for Rs 63 crore for a 95-year lease. For all five airports. This despite the fact not just the Opposition, but several of the state government's own departments, protested that the price was too low.

The government says it had no choice as this was the best price it could get. But many questions remain unanswered about the deal, which has now been challenged in court.

Documents available with NDTV prove the decision to give the airports to Reliance was taken amid fierce opposition from virtually every government department involved.

The loudest protests were from the Planning and Revenue Departments. The planning department said there was no way to justify handing over 601 hectares land for just Rs 63 crore, that too for 95 years.

The Finance Department too said the offer price was too low as the land and assets together were valued at Rs 350 crore.

The Revenue Department pointed out that no government land could be leased out for more than 30 years.

The only support came from the Industries Department and the General Administration Department, which come directly under the Chief Minister. These departments overruled the objections and the Cabinet cleared the bid.

The Maharashtra government says in its defense that this is part of its attempts to allow private players to develop loss-making airports in smaller towns.

"In my view it is better that these airports are put to use rather than lie unused. Some of the airports in Maharashtra have been lying unused for 20 years. The company which has taken over will have to invest in it and develop the airports," said Ashok Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra

The Maharashtra government also claims that the bidding was transparent and of the eight short-listed companies, Reliance Airport Developers Limited made the highest bid

''Assessing the lease by looking at the market price is not right. The land has not been given for development. Reliance has to run and expand these five loss-making airports of which three are not operational,'' said sources in Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.

But several questions still remain:

· Not all airports are loss making. The government had spent Rs 339 crore between 1995 and 2007 to develop the five airports, two of which now operate regular flights.

· If the government was planning to sell them off, why did it put in more money?

· If the bid amount was so low, why the haste to clear it by holding seven meetings between June and August 2009?

· And why was the 95-year lease offer not made clear upfront in the advertisements, which could have perhaps attracted more bidders and a better price?

Now, the entire deal has been taken to court, which may be the final arbiter in the controversy.

Andhra Pradesh: Worst floods in 10,000 years

After a severe drought, what led to the massive scale of floods in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh? Blame it on the rain, you could say. Irrigation officials say these are possibly the worst floods in this area in 10,000 years. But what caused this disaster? Could it have been better managed?

Kurnool, Mahbubnagar, Krishna and Guntur are the worst affected districts. Overall, at least 18 lakh people in nearly 400 villages of Andhra Pradesh have been affected by the floods. 180 villages in Kurnool, 89 in Mahbubnagar, 100 in Guntur and 22 in Nalgonda are in bad shape due to the flood waters.

Five hundred fifty five army men, 6 choppers, 1000 swimmers and 254 boats are involved in the relief work.

Unprecedented rains in North Karnataka on Thursday flooded several districts, cutting off areas like Bijapur, Bagalkot and Bellary. Karwar for instance got 50 cm of rain in a single day, locals called it the heaviest downpour in 50 years.

The waters inundated the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers and the Karnataka government released upto 8 lakh cusecs of water from the Almatti and Narayanpur dams, in a single day.

From the last week of September, Andhra Pradesh was experiencing heavy rains, some areas got over 30 cm in a single day. This brought heavy inflows into major projects in Krishna Basin like Jurala, Srisailam, Nagarjunasagar, Prakasam Barrage and Sunkesula.

Early on Friday, reports started coming in of water levels rising dangerously in the border town of Mantralayam in Andhra Pradesh.

By evening, the water level had crossed the danger mark in Srisailam dam... in a single day on Friday, the reservoir had received over 25 lakh cusecs of water in 12 hours, whereas it is designed to get no more than 13.6 lakh cusecs.

On Saturday, the maximum water limit was crossed in Srisailam, Jurala and Sunkesula projects causing inundation in many villages in the backwaters. Kurnool town and several villages in Kurnool, Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts were flooded.

From the Srisailam dam, the waters were flowing into Nagarjunasagar dam... and on Sunday morning, 10.85 lakh cusecs were released to keep the masonry dam safe.

The waters that reached Prakasam Barrage in the coastal Krishna district on Monday have submerged hundreds of villages. Prakasam Barrage has never received such huge amounts of water in the last 100 years.

Critics point out that the Andhra Pradesh government could have better anticipated and prepared for systematic release of waters from the Sukeshu, Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar dams before matters got really out of hand.

The Andhra Pradesh government however points out that it is the first time in history that the scale of floods has been so massive.

"This is known as PMF or possible maximum flood, which happens once in 10,000 years," said Geetha Reddy, AP Information Minister.

The Met department has said there is likely to be a letup in rains and Karnataka has said they will release minimum waters. So, the waters in the major dams may be safely regulated.

5.10.09

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Union Home Minister P Chidambaram conducted an aerial survey

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Union Home Minister P Chidambaram conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas on Monday. She is expected to review on-going relief work for a possible increase in assistance from the Centre.

Ahead of the survey, Karnataka's irrigation minister Basavaraj Bommai told NDTV that the focus had shifted from rescue to rehabilitation - and that water outflow from Karnataka's dams had been reduced - which is good news for Andhra Pradesh.

Damage in Andhra due to floods: Rs 12,225 crore

Andhra Pradesh has estimated damages due to heavy rains and floods at Rs 12,225 crore.

In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday, Chief Minister K Rosaiah urged the Centre to consider the devastating floods a national calamity and provide the state with Rs 6,000 crore for relief works immediately.

Highlighting the severity of the flood situation in the state, Rosaiah said some mandals in the districts of Mahabubnagar and Kurnool had rainfall of over 30 cm in a day, leading to heavy inflows into major dams in the Krishna basin viz. Srisailam, Nagarjuna Sagar, Prakasam Barrage and others.

The inflow at Srisailam was over 25 lakh cusecs when the floods started - the highest in 100 years and way beyond the full reservoir level. The first casualty was a 770 MW power house next to the dam, which was completely inundated.

Mumbai NGO to train male sex workers in vocational courses

Mumbai: Trying to earn their self-respect back, over 50 male sex workers in the city will be undergoing training in vocational courses held by an NGO, in order to quit prostitution.

The city-based NGO Sambhavana, which has been working for the welfare of over 9,000 male sex workers registered with it, will soon be training these workers in mobile repair, electronic appliance repair and plumbing.

"Most of these men come to Mumbai in search of jobs but end up in sex trade. We are trying to help them earn a better living," convener of the NGO, Jasmir Thakur told PTI.

Twenty seven-year-old Omprakash, has spent nearly 12 years in Mumbai working as a Masseur, a garb under which thousands of male sex workers work in the city. He is one of the persons who has registered for the vocational courses.

"My parents in Mathura do not know what I do here. The job pays well and my family is happy with the money I send them everyweek," Omprakash said.

But I am scared I will one day get infected with some disease and want to leave this job at the earliest, he said, adding, "I want to earn my self respect back."

According to a study conducted by the NGO, almost 17 per cent of the male sex workers in the city are HIV positive.

"It is alarming to see boys as young as 15 years come to Mumbai in search of decent jobs and then being dragged into prostitution," Jamir said.

"We realised even if we counsel these boys to quit the profession, they need an alternative as they are mostly school drop outs," he added. — PTI

Lakhs of families left homeless

Hyderabad
Oct. 4: Floods have economically ruined over one lakh families in the state. While many lost their life-long savings, others are not in a position to repair their houses.
Cash, clothes, utensils and other household articles were washed away in the floods. Self-employed petty businessmen are the worst hit as their shops were completely inundated in Mantralayam. Farmers, who invested up to Rs 50,000 for farming, lost their standing crops.
“We have become orphans. Though flood water is receding, many of us are unable to go back to homes which are in a dilapidated condition.
At the same time, we can’t stay in relief camps as there is no food and drinking water,” said M. Sreeram , a resident of Kurnool.
“The government may give us Rs 10,000 or Rs 20,000 as relief. But it is not sufficient as we have lost property worth over Rs 5 lakh,” said Mr Raghuvardhan Reddy from Mahbubnagar district.
“Unfortunately, we are not in a position to seek help from friends and relatives since they are also badly affected. We have to come to Hyderabad in search of livelihood as everything was shattered in the villages,” he added. Telugu Desam leaders said the Central assistance is need of the hour.

Vijayawada faces inundation threat

Vijayawada faces inundation threat




Hyderabad: The threat of massive flooding loomed large over Vijayawada city and hundreds of villages in Krishna and Guntur districts with the water level in the Prakasam barrage across the Krishna river reaching the maximum level on Monday.

The inflows in the barrage have reached a record million cusecs, inundating parts of Vijayawada located on the banks of the river. Thousands of people are still being evacuated from villages downstream known as Lanka villages.

The weakening embankments at few points along the river course have threatened to inundate vast areas and authorities have mobilised 300,000 sand bags to stop flooding.

"There is three to four feet water in some areas along the river in Vijayawada city and this may go up to six to seven feet later in the day. We have already moved out of the area near the river," said Suresh Kumar, a resident.

Residential areas within about two kilometres of the river bank are most threatened. About 200,000 people from these areas have moved to safer places.

Villages near Vijayawada along the river bank have also come under water. The authorities have evacuated 40,000 people from these villages and shifted them to relief camps. Vijayawada is one of the biggest cities in the state with 1.2 million population.

Irrigation department officials said the barrage faced no threat even if the inflows crossed a million cusecs. The barrage has never faced such massive inflows in its history and officials termed it as the worst floods in Krishna river in 100 years.

Authorities in Vijayawada, a major trading hub, and other parts of Krishna and Guntur districts forcibly evacuated people to prevent a situation like Kurnool, which had been submerged two days gao and is still under four to five feet of water.

Krishna District Collector Piyush Kumar said army, navy and National Disaster Response Force were ready to rescue people with 100 boats and six helicopters in the district.

The vehicular traffic on Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway came to a standstill as the highway was under water at several points.

Though the officials have put the death toll at 37, this could go up as rescue workers are yet to reach several marooned villages in the two worst-hit districts. Hundreds of people have been trapped on roof-tops without food and water for three days, still waiting for help.

The floods triggered by heavy rains last week have inundated 400 villages, affecting a population of over 1.8 million and rendering 400,000 people homeless in five districts. Over 50,000 houses have been damaged while authorities estimate crop losses in over half a million acres.

Over 1,000 personnel of army, navy and Air Force along with national disaster response force continued rescue and relief operations with the help of 16 helicopters and 257 boats. They also continued to drop food and drinking water sachets in marooned areas.

1.10.09

State awards for C.S. Rao, Kondepudi

VISAKHAPATNAM: Two of the noted citizens from the city – retired officer of Indian Economic Service and president of Praja Spandana C.S. Rao and 94-year old poet Kondepudi Subba Rao – will receive State Government awards in Hyderabad on Thursday morning on the occasion of International Day of Older Persons, 2009.

Announcing this at a media conference here on Wednesday, secretary of Vintage Visakha R.V. Gopala Rao said it was a matter of pride to the city that two out of the 10 recipients of the awards were from Vizag. The awards were announced by the Department of Welfare of the Disabled and Senior Citizens. “Mr. Subba Rao is serving the cause of Telugu literature. He has written over 100 books and is bringing out a literary magazine ‘Prasanna Bharati’. He was chosen for ‘Vayosreshta Sanman – Centenarian Award for life-time service,” he said. Mr. C.S. Rao is an active social worker at the age of 78, and had taken up several issues concerning the city like old jail lands and railway facilities.Vintage Visakha office-bearers Y.V.S.R. Moorty and B.V. Suryanarayana were present

AU SDE allows improvement

VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra University School of Distance Education is allowing its PG students to go for improvement and attend supplementary examinations, its Director P. Hrushikesava Rao said.

Provision for improvement was allowed within three years from the year of passing and a candidate could appear for the whole examination, of either previous or final year. Paper-wise improvement was also allowed and the opportunity was restricted to only one chance immediately after passing the respective examination.

Fee for improvement for a year is Rs. 1,000, which is in addition to the examination fee.

PG students are also allowed to appear for the supplementary examinations, to be held during January-February every year.

An additional fee of Rs. 500 will be collected for the supplementary examination. Other details can be had by calling AU SDE (0891 284416, 2844143 or 2844142) or visiting the university website www.andhrauniversity.info/sde, Prof. Hrushikesava Rao added

Heavy rain but meagre inflows into reservoirs

VISAKHAPATNAM: The inflows into the reservoirs that cater to water supply to the city have been meagre though the city has received substantial rain during the past two days.

Visakhapatnam recorded a rainfall of 8 cm in the 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday and 3 cm on Tuesday.

“Because of its proximity to the city, Meghadrigedda reservoir level increased by about 2 ft. Yeleru and Raiwada rose only 10 cm and Mudasarlova by 1 ft.

There has been no improvement in Tatipudi levels,” says Chief Engineer B. Jayarami Reddy. The level in Gosthani has gone up by 1.2 ft in the last two days.

Cause for concern


The levels compare poorly with those a year ago raising the concern of officials over meeting the domestic water supply and industrial needs. None of the reservoirs is anywhere near its maximum level.

The level in Mudasarlova reservoir was 164.7 ft on September 30, 2008, much higher than the 159.7 ft on the corresponding day this year. In Gosthani it was 32.6 ft (30 ft), Tatipudi 285.9 ft (271 ft), Gambhiram 114.5 ft (113 ft), Raiwada 109.98 m (103.92 m) and Yeleru 81.85 m (71.27 m).

More rain


The well marked low pressure area over West Central Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood persists, according to a weather bulletin issued by the Cyclone Warning Centre here. Under its influence, rain or thundershowers are likely at many places with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over coastal Andhra Pradesh during the next 24 hours. Strong surface winds from north easterly direction, with their speed reaching 45 kmph to 50 kmph are likely along and off coastal AP.

Chief amounts of rainfall recorded at 8.30 a.m. of Wednesday in coastal AP in centimetres are: Nuzvid – 13, Eluru – 11, Visakhapatnam – 8, Waltair and Paleru Bridge – 7 each, Anakapalli – 6, Kalingapatnam, Nandigama, Rentichintala – 5 each, Kikalur, Dowleswaram, Tuni, Tenali, Kakinada, Guntur, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada, Prathipadu – 4 each.

Helpline


A round-the-clock helpline was established at the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation in view of the cyclone warning having been forecast and Commissioner B. Sreedhar alerted the officials and staff to be on hand to meet any eventuality.

Soon after he returned from Hyderabad after attending the JNMRU review meeting, Mr. Sreedhar visited the Prasad Gardens area where on Tuesday the GVMC officers and staff worked continuously to clear the clogged drains and geddas to avoid inundation. Since Tuesday he was monitoring the situation in the city over telephone.

The Municipal Commissioner appreciated the officials and staff for immediately swinging into action and cleared the stagnated water in many areas on Tuesday.

He cautioned the people living on the hill slopes to be alert. Mr. Sreedhar assured the citizens that GVMC was ready to meet any kind of situation. The required equipment was made ready.

He also visited Swarna Bharati indoor stadium area, KRM Colony, Gnanapuram, R and D Yard and other areas

Drugs rocket in AP