AIC team to settle insurance claims

AIC team to settle insurance claims
The Hindu

DHARWAD: Agricultural Insurance Corporation (AIC) has agreed to send a team of officials to the district to settle pending insurance claims of farmers in Dharwad district pertaining to 2003-04.

The team is expected to coordinate with branch managers to finalise the list of claimants and sort out problems, including cases of missing names of those who had paid the premium, the delay in the payment of insurance and other issues on the spot.

This was decided at a meeting convened by Deputy Commissioner M.S. Srikar here on Tuesday in which AIC nominees, representatives of banks, elected representatives, farmers' representatives and officials participated.

Mr. Srikar said that since nothing has come of the efforts in this regard so far, it was decided to request the AIC to depute a team to the district, for which the corporation has agreed. AIC had given a new format to furnish information and bank managers had requested for some time to comply with the same. "We will sort out the problem by the end of this month," Mr. Srikar said.

Mr. Srikar said there appears to be some differences in the list prepared by banks and of the AIC. While some cases have been cleared through correspondence, the bulk of the problem remains to be solved.

The Joint Director of Agriculture, Dharwad, has been named as nodal officer to coordinate the efforts, Mr. Srikar said.

Metered water billing in Hubli-Dharwad

Metered water billing in Hubli-Dharwad
The Times of India

Hubli: Come January, drinking water supply in Hubli-Dharwad will be metered except at tail-end localities where the pressure is very low at present. Here the consumers will continue to be billed at the prevailing flat rate.

Now that water is supplied once in three days in most areas of the twin cities, the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB) has launched a campaign for installation of water meters.

KUWS&DB chief engineer for north Karnataka M Ravindra Bhat told The Times of India there was enough storage in the Malaprabha and Neerasagar reservoirs to sustain the present water distribution cycle past the next monsoon.

The metered water supply would be billed at the rate of Rs 5.80 per 1,000 litres for domestic, Rs 10.60 per 1,000 litres for non-domestic and Rs 23.20 per 1,000 litres for commercial connections.

Cricket tourney to begin on Wednesday

Cricket tourney to begin on Wednesday
Newindpress.com


DHARWAD: The third ‘Kosmos Cup’ inter-schools cricket tournament will commences under the joint auspices of Kosmos Club and Cricket Club of Karnataka (CCK) at the R N Shetty Stadium Dharwad from Wednesday.

In all 10 teams of the twin-cities including the reigning champions K E Board’s High School, Malmaddi, Dharwad and runner-up Lion’s English Medium High School, Hubli are participating in this tournament which is recognised by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), Bangalore.

The tournament will be played on the knock-out basis till the semi finals and the four top teams will fight in the super-league starting on October 12. Final, which will be of 45 overs-a-side is scheduled on October 16.

Players of both the winners and the runner-up teams will receive individual prizes apart from the special prizes for the most outstanding individual performances in the tournament.

Umpires of the Hubli-Dharwad Cricket Umpires Association (HDCUA) will officiate all the matches.

V D Kamaraddi, the president of the Kosmos Club, will inaugurate the tournament at 10 am on Wednesday, while P H Neeralakeri, president of CCK will be the guest of honour.

Pavan English Medium High School, Dharwad will take on St Michael’s High School, Hubli in the inaugural fixture.