Monday, September 5, 2016
writingonblog uncensored: State transport undertakings failed to pay compens...
writingonblog uncensored: State transport undertakings failed to pay compens...: Chennai: State Transport Undertakings ( STUs) have not paid compensation to accident victims as directed by courts despite setting up ‘...
State transport undertakings failed to pay compensation to accident victims for more than 10 years
Chennai:
State Transport Undertakings ( STUs) have not paid compensation to accident victims as directed by courts despite setting up ‘Accident Claims Settlement Fund’, according to a report by comptroller and Auditor General.
Many of the victims are still awaiting compensation from the state transport undertaking for more than 10 years which has failed to honour Motor Accident Compensation Tribunal.
It is learnt that state transport undertakings have not settled claims cases devided by various cases and the numbers increased from 11, 721 involving Rs 224.49 crore as on March 31, 2010 to 16, 797 cases involving Rs 435.07 crore as on March 31, 2015.
In addition there were 5,382 fatal (Rs 716.65 crore) and 22,702 injury cases (Rs 786. 94 crore) totalling 28,084 accident claims amounting to Rs 1,504 crore which had not been decided upon by courts, the report stated
The report also stated that after pronouncement of awards of accident compensation by Motor accident Compensation Tribunal (MACT), the STUs failed to make payments of the awarded amount resulting in the claimants filing Execution Petition to enforce payments. As per audit analysis, there are 699 executive petitions involving Rs 25.64 crore awarded by the courts but not settled by two STUs till July 2015.
Due to non-settlement of awarded cases by the state transport undertakings, 4,771 buses were impounded by various courts during the five year period ending March 2015. Of these, 4,771 buses impounded by various courts, 692 buses were not released as on march 2015. this resulted in loss of operation of 4.24 lakh days resulting in loss of contribution of rs 213.37 crore besides affecting the image of STUs adversely among public.
writingonblog uncensored: Failure of TN to come out with wind energy policy ...
writingonblog uncensored: Failure of TN to come out with wind energy policy ...: Chennai: The failure on part of the state to come out with comprehensive wind energy policy has resulted in state utilities Tamil Nadu...
Failure of TN to come out with wind energy policy hits state electricity board
Chennai:
The connected load of 80 sub- stations out of 115 sub stations exceeded their availabl;e transmission capacity which indicated absence of proper planning for optimum utilisation of the available capacity, the report added.
The failure on part of the state to come out with comprehensive wind energy policy has resulted in state utilities Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) and Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Limited lacking directions from government for planning and procurement of wind energy, according to a report by Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Though Central Electricty Regulatory Commission mandated that the existing wind energy projects could schedule their energy generation by entering into agreement transmission utilities, teh relevant clauses were not included in any of the agreements with the 11,543 existing wind energy generators, the report stated.
writingonblog uncensored: TN mulling whether to repeal Rent Act or implement...
writingonblog uncensored: TN mulling whether to repeal Rent Act or implement...: C Shivakumar: Chennai: The state government is mulling on whether to enact the Model Tenancy Act proposed by Centre or just repeal t...
TN mulling whether to repeal Rent Act or implement Model Tenancy Act
C Shivakumar:
The model act drafted by the Central government has more owner-friendly features. For example, it allows the rental agreements to have a clause for periodic rental revision and also limits the right to possession of the tenant only to the time period mentioned in the agreement. Under the existing act, it is highly difficult to revise the rentals or get the tenant vacated, since the law gives much priority to right of possession of the tenant.
Chennai:
The state government is mulling on whether to enact the Model Tenancy Act proposed by Centre or just repeal the the 45-years-old Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, which governs house rentals and tenancy.
The move comes after the Union government has urged the states states to amend the state rental acts on the lines of the Draft Model Tenancy Act 2015 by 2019. The Union Government has set amendment of the state’s rent control act on lines of the draft act as one of the conditions to avail funds for housing.
Officials in Housing department feel that the enactment of the Model Tenancy Act would require establishment of Rent control Authorities and Rent control Tribunals as provided in the Act which will lead to unnecessary administrative expenditure.
Sources said the provisions of the Model Tenancy Act can be met by merely repealing the existing Rent control Act since the law of contract is competent enough to deal with tenancy issues.
Officials feel that once the Model tenancy act is implemented then the rental lease agreements having a tenure of more than 11 months or having a monthly rental value of more than certain amount have to be compusarily registered in Tamil Nadu.
It is learnt that Tamil Nadu government officials are likely to hold discussions and take the view of law secretary before taking a final decision on whether to repeal the tenancy act or implement the Model Tenancy Act suggested by the Union government..
Friday, September 2, 2016
Coastguard seizes 17,000kg of ganja
Chennai:
The Indian Coastguard has seized 17,050 kg of Ganja off
Fourth Island near Rameshwaram during a joint coordinated operation with
customs and other security agencies.
Working on a tip off Coastguard station Mandapam launched
combing operation by deploying hovercraft beached near Fourth Island which
resulted in seizure of the eight packets of Ganja wrapped in brown paper and
covered by polythene bags under the sand. However, no one was arrested in this
connection.
It is suspected that the contraband could have been
smuggled from Andhra Pradesh and could be on its way to Sri Lanka. A detailed
investigation is being undertaken.
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