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Sunday, 7 June 2009
Reward for students
SALEM: Salem City Police selected 15 children of the executive and ministerial staff members who scored high marks in the SSLC and higher secondary examinations for cash rewards worth Rs. 49,000.
The students are: M. Vijayalakshmi, S. Nithya, M. Vignesh, R. Aiswarya, K.S. Jananipriya, R. Dhinesh Kumar, S. Radhika, N. Divya, V. Priyadarshini, P. Yuvarajan, V. Anand, S.M. Sindhuja, S. Dhinesh, M. Rajthilak and S. Deepak Raja.
The sum was already sanctioned by the Educational Prizes Fund Committee and the cheque for the same had been received, a press release from Inspector General of Police and City Police Commissioner Sunil Kumar Singh said.
Free LPG scheme: selection of beneficiaries begins
SALEM: The selection of beneficiaries under the free liquefied petroleum gas connection and stove scheme has begun in all the blocks in the district.
Collector J. Chandrakumar, in a press release, said the process had been handed over to the committee which was involved in the selection of beneficiaries under the free colour television scheme.
The free gas connections will be given to women, whose names should figure in the family cards. The kitchen in the beneficiary’s house should have a platform, which was important from the safety perspective. If such facility did not exist, the beneficiary should come forward to create it.
The selected list of beneficiaries would be sent to the respective gas agencies after the Collector’s approval. The administration had planned to provide over 31,000 free gas connections in the third phase.
The administration would conduct a class on safety measures for the selected beneficiaries. The amount for getting the first cylinder should be paid to the respective agencies during the class. The beneficiaries would be given the gas connection only after they pay for the first cylinder. Gas cylinders and stoves would be delivered at the doorsteps of the beneficiaries.
The administration asked the beneficiaries not to approach middlemen to apply for the free gas connection.
People could inform the Collector or the District Supply and Consumer Protection Officer, if they found irregularities in the implementation of the scheme. They can also contact the officials at phone number 0427-2443111.
Minister urges farmers to use technology
SALEM: The Government will provide machines to harvest sugarcane to all the 19 co-operative sugar mills in the State. A sum of Rs. 21 crore will be spent for purchasing the machines, Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam has said.
Participating in two different functions held in the district on Sunday, the Minister said that the Government was promoting the use of machinery for cultivation as the agriculture sector was facing labour shortage. The use of modern technology in agriculture would help improve the agricultural productivity of the State.
The farmers should not hesitate in using technology for cultivation, harvesting and various other activities.
Handing over subsidy to farmers who purchased paddy transplanters at Sivadapuram, the Minister said the machines would speed up the paddy transplantation and require fewer workers.
The Government was providing Rs. 4 lakh as subsidy to purchase the eight row type paddy transplanter, which costs about Rs. 16.54 lakh.
Farmers could get loans from co-operative and nationalised banks for purchasing the machines. The Minister disbursed subsidy to the tune of Rs. 25.14 lakh during the function in Sivadapuram.
He also handed over vehicles purchased at a cost of Rs. 76.05 lakh to marketing committees at a function held in Uthamachozhapuram here. Transport Minister K.N. Nehru and Tourism Minister N. Suresh Rajan also spoke.
Collector J. Chandrakumar presided. Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business Commissioner Atul Anand, Agriculture Production Commissioner and Secretary K. Nanda Kishore, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University Vice-Chancellor P. Murugesa Boopathy, Chief Engineer (In-charge) from Agricultural Engineering Department R. Subramaanian, Mayor J. Rekha Priyadarshini and senior officials were present.
Earlier, on Saturday, the Minister inaugurated the buildings constructed at Mallur Government Higher Secondary School and new office of the Mallur Town panchayat.
The Government constructed 22 classrooms and a laboratory in the school at Rs. 93.48 lakh.
The work was taken up with financial assistance from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Mr. Arumugam said after inaugurating the buildings.
A sum of Rs. 20 lakh was spent for the construction of a new office for the Mallur town panchayat, he added.
The Minister also declared open six buildings constructed under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan scheme and four library buildings.
He also laid foundation stone for the construction of a new building for primary health centre in Thumbalpatti village under the National Rural Health Mission.
The Minister also presented cash rewards to two students - P. Vidhya, who secured first rank in the higher secondary examinations in the Mallur GHSS and Sridhar, who bagged first rank in the SSLC examinations in the school.
Collector J. Chandrakumar, who presided, said Rs. 15 crore was received as assistance from NABARD for constructing buildings in 16 schools in the district in the last three years. Senior officials were present.
History of salem district an overview
- Salem town is 6 kms from Salem junction.
- The name "Salem" is enchanting perhaps because of the association of Jerusalem with that Apostle of Love, Jesus Christ.
- The name derived from the word "Sailam" - meaning an area surrounded by mountains.
- Salem is called The Steel City of the South.
- The Date of human civilization in this district reaches far back to the stone ages. The existence of prehistoric culture in Salem is evident from the discovery of Paleolithic and Neolithic stone implements and dung ash heaps in and around Salem.A concise chronology of the district is presented.
3rd Century B.C. | The period of Bogar – a notable Tamil Siddhar. Arrival of Buddhism and Jainism in Salem. |
| 1st Century A.D. | Around the beginning of the Christian era, the existence of a culturally and economically advanced society in Salem two thousand years ago is evident from the discovery of silver coins of the Roman Emperor |
| 2nd Century A.D. | Pandiyan dynasty rules Salem. Pandiyan Nedunchezhiyan Kanaikal Irumporai rules KolliMalai. |
| 4th Century A.D. | Rise of Pallava dynasty in Salem. |
| 6th Century A.D. | Period of Mahendra Varma Pallva. Rise of Saivite principles. |
| 7th Century A.D. | Weakening of Buddhism & Jainism. Period of Narasimha |
| 8th Century A.D. | Pandiyan dynasty in Salem. |
| 9th Century A.D. | Rise of Saiva samayam and fading away of Jainism and Buddhism. Rise of Pallava. |
| 10th Century A.D. | Rise of Chozha dynasty and decline of Pallavas. |
| 11th Century A.D. | Chozha rule. |
| 12th Century A.D. | Rise of Hoysala rule in parts of Salem. |
| 13th Century AD. | Hoysala rule established; Parts of Salem remained under Pandiyan dynasty. |
| 14th Century A.D. | 1310 Malikkafur goes through Salem. 1368- Salem under Vijaya Nagar Empire |
| 15th Century A | The Chalukya rule Rise of Palyakarars. |
| 16th Century A.D. | Rule of Madurai Nayakars. Rule of Emperor Krishnadheva Raya in part of Salem including Attur. |
| 17th Century A.D. | Rise of local chieftains Gatti and Nayakas. Palayakara rule. |
| 18th Centrury A.D. | Rule of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan. Taking over by British. 1772 – First Collector to Salem. |
19th Century A.D.:
| 1856 | New Revenue survey under taken ; Settlement department established. End of company rule and Taking over by British Crown. |
| 1860 | Salem city as capital of District |
| 1862 | Salem Central Jail built. |
| 1866-67 | Severe famine. (A series of famines and epidemics) |
| 1875 | Cholera epidemic rages. |
| 1876-78 | The Great famine |
| 1891-92 | Another famine. |
| 1896-97 | Last famine of the century. |
20th Century:
Developmental activities in Salem like constructing railways and Ghat roads and construction of Mettur dam.
1947 - Salem is a independent part of Free India.
1951 – Exchange of villages between Mysore and Madras State took place under the provinces and states (Absorption of Enclaves) order 1950.
1961- Sankari Taluk was formed from Tiruchengode Taluk.
1965- Salem district was bifurcated into Salem – Dharmapuri districts (2-Oct-1965)
Salem constituted 8 Taluks – Salem , Attur, Yercaud, Omalur ,Sankari, Tiruchengode, Rasipuram and Namakkal.
Dharmapuri constituted 4 Taluks – Hosur, Krishnagiri , Harur and Dharmapuri.
1966- Mettur Taluk was formed from Omalur Taluk and Salem constituted Nine taluks.
1989 – Paramathi Velur Taluk was newly formed.
1997 – Salem District was bifurcated into Salem and Namakkal district (2-Feb-1997). Salem constituted 8 Taluks - Salem, Yercaud, Attur, Omalur, Mettur, Sankari, Gangavalli, and Idappadi and Namakkal district constituted 4 Taluks - Namakkal, Tiruchengode, Rasipuram and Paramathi-Velur
1998 – Attur Division was newly formed and a new Taluk Valappadi was formed. Salem attained its present administrative set-up.
Table-1. Revenue Administrative set-up of Salem.
| Sl. No. | Revenue Sub Division | Taluks |
| 1. | Salem | Salem, Valappadi, Yercaud |
| 2. | Attur | Attur, Gangavalli |
| 3. | Mettur | Mettur, Omalur |
| 4. | Sankari | Sankari, Idappadi |
Brief explanation about salem
Steel city - The Existence of Steel plant in the City.
Agriculture City- Salem is gifted with large area of Agricultural lands in and around the city and Salem District.
Limestone City- Salem is also gifted with natural resource like Limestone, Magnesium carbonate and iron ore in the foothills of yercaud. Thus the availability of limestone gives this name to the city.
Electric City- The power grid in Mettur Dam situated near the city. This is a very important source of power for northern parts of TamilNadu and even to Bangalore city in Karnataka.
Mango City- This is the name this city is called right from the earlier days. Salem is larger and biggest market in south India for Mangoes
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