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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

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Water level

MADURAI: The level in the Periyar dam on Tuesday stood at 112 feet with an inflow of 370 cusecs without any discharge. The level in the Vaigai dam was 30.84 feet with no inflow and a discharge of 41 cusecs.

Sothuparai dam received a rainfall of 33 mm, followed by Manjalar dam and Marudanadi - 15 mm each, Peranai - 6.8 mm, Periyar dam and Andipatti (Madurai district) - 2 mm each.

Motorcyclist killed

A motorcyclist was fatally knocked down by a lorry on the Bypass Road here on Tuesday.

According to the police, J. Robin (27) of Anaiyur was riding a two-wheeler when the lorry ran over him, killing him on the spot.

Civic works inspected

The Mayor, C. Ramachandran, and the Corporation Commissioner, D.J. Dinakkaren, on Tuesday inspected civic works being carried out by the corporation at a cost of Rs. 2.39 crores in wards 8 and 9.

The Mayor instructed the officials to renovate the corporation school at Sathamangalam at a cost of Rs.17.9 crores. He inaugurated the a deep bore well water scheme implemented at a cost of Rs. 1.15 lakhs on Munthirithoppu Kamarajar Street.

Later, at the grievance day meeting, he received 90 petitions from residents of north zone pertaining to various civic problems, out of which five were cleared on-the-spot.

HC ruling on increment

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently directed the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department to pay the increment arrears of an employee since 1991, on the ground that an employee cannot be deprived of his right to earn an increment merely because a charge memo was pending against him for 14 years.

Observing that a reasonable presumption could be drawn that the department was not interested in pursuing the matter since the memo was pending for a long period, Justice D. Murugesan directed the authorities to sanction the annual arrears within a period of eight weeks and to pay future increments without any default. — Staff Reporter

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