Coimbatore: People who have an appetite for local and seasonal fruits have more options as area under fruit cultivation has gone up by 3.5% in the district.
Data from the horticulture department points to an increase in the availability of fruits including mango, guava, amla, papaya and lime, which are rich in antioxidants and vitamins.
The area under horticulture cultivation this year 10,717 hectares is the highest in four years. Mango, guava, amla, papaya and lemon cultivation is the highest this year, compared to the last five years. While mango cultivation is up by 13.22%, guava cultivation is up by 39%, and lime and lemon up by 40%.
The tusker was hit by the Thiruvananthapuram-Chennai Express 300m away from the reserve forest at Navakkarai Pirivu in Cholakkarai beat of the Madukkarai forest range
COIMBATORE: A tusker suffered severe injuries after it was hit by a speeding train in Madukkarai forest range of the Coimbatore forest division in the early hours of Monday.
Around 1.20am on Monday, forest department officials received information that a wild elephant was hit by a speeding train at least 300m away from the reserve forest at Navakkarai Pirivu in Cholakkarai beat of the Madukkarai forest range.
A team of frontline staff from the forest department were already trying to chase away five elephants from the track at Pudhupathi when they received the information about a speeding Thiruvananthapuram–Chennai express had hit an elephant on the B line of the track.
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COIMBATORE: KPR Mills’ education programme that provides coaching, admissions and time for their employees to study up to post-graduation and attempt the civil services exams has extended this facility to their migrant workers too.
The first batch of 10 guest workers attempted both Class X and XII board exams in the National Open School system in October last year, and the results were declared on Monday. Eight of them cleared the exam.
KPR Mills has guest workers from Orissa and other Northern states at their units since 2017.
The company now has 2,700 migrant workers from other states.
Based on the success of their education programme for Tamil Nadu workers, in 2019 the company decided to extend their work and study programme to their guest workers too. After research, they decided to tie up with National Open School exams and called on interested workers to step forward.