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Saturday, Jul 17, 2004

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Tamil Nadu - Tiruchi

Around the City

By Our Staff Reporter

Temperature

TIRUCHI, JULY 16. The city today registered a maximum temperature of 35.0 degree Celsius and a minimum of 25.3 degree Celsius.

Toilet plan designed

Gramalaya, a secular non-political rural organisation here for socio-economic development, has designed a toilet pan that is made of polypropylene plastic material with the support of WaterAid India Office, New Delhi.

A release from the organisation's executive director, S. Damodaran, said the toilet pan was made as per the international standard and affordable by all.

The water seal is specially designed like gooseneck where little water is enough to flush the toilet pan which is easy to install in the rural areas with little masons help. The toilet pan was installed at the Gramalaya Toilet Technology Centre and field tested for its usage and maintenance. It was found that very little water was required to flush and hence cleaning and maintaining of the pan was very easy, the release further said.

The organisation has proposed to introduce these toilet pans soon in New Delhi with WaterAid India Office assistance and in Chennai with the help of State Rural Sanitation Society, Chennai.

Generator for school

The Collector, V. Pandian, gave away a generator to the Government Higher Secondary School for the Visually Challenged at Puthur here recently.

The generator was procured through the district welfare committee fund following representation from the school students, an official press release here said. The Collector also gave away a cheque for Rs. 12,200 to A. Eswari, a visually challenged student pursuing her final year degree course in History in Holy Cross College here from the district welfare committee fund. These were given during the public grievance redressal day meeting held at the Collectorate, the release added.

Mettur level

The level in the Mettur dam stood at 70.94 feet today.

The inflow was 6, 481 cusecs and there was no discharge.

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