‘Safe City Surat’ project of Surat police

Narendra Modi inaugurates the first-ever in India, CCTV camera surveillance network, ‘Safe City Surat’ project of Surat police

“The project will show path to the nation in establishing reliable vigilance network for crime detection”

Rising above the PPP model, the project has become the best example of four ‘P’ formula of ‘People’s Public Private Partnership’ - Narendra Modi
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The vigilance network covers over 200 km. radius of Surat city. About 104 CCTV cameras are installed at 26 strategic places. The Chief Minister went to the command and control centre of the project at the police commissioner’s office and sought information on various aspects of the project. He said the CCTV cameras will prove to be a ‘third eye’ of Surat police.

The project, a brainchild of Commission of Police Rakesh Asthaana, has been implemented in association with textile and diamond traders, software companies, builders and Traffic Education Trust, among others.
 Under the project, which is being implemented in three phases, a total of 5,000 CCTV cameras will be installed at 500 locations, including entry and exits points of Surat city, important traffic junctions and other sensitive areas.

Surat Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana said the Chief Minister was the motivational force behind this project. “The Surat city is prepared to meet any challenge”, he said

Thumb rules to take care of heart

A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees. The transcript of the chat is given below.... Useful for everyone.

Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart?
Ans:
1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil
2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week;
avoid lifts and
avoid sitting for a longtime
3. Quit smoking
4. Control weight
5. Control BP - Blood pressure and Sugar

Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?
Ans: No

Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person
gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?
Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.

Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?
Ans: Yes

Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?
Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.

Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?
Ans: Walking is better than jogging, since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints

Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so?
Ans: Mother Theresa, who was my patient.

Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?
Ans: Extremely rare.

Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age (I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?
Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.

Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?
Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.

Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?
Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.

Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?
Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and oilis the worst.

Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?
Ans: All oils are bad.

Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test?
Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.

Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?
Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position, place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit, since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.

Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?
Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.

Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems.
Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, sedentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.

Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?
Ans: Yes.

Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?
Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may NOT have a software engineer as a child

Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart? What precautions would you recommend?
Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as yougrow older, respect the biological clock.

Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short/long term)?
Ans : Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.

Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?
Ans : No.

Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?
Ans : No.

Qn: How would you define junk food?
Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , Samosas, and even Masala Dosas.

Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?
Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.

Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?
Ans: No.

Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded e-mails on this)?
Ans: Yes. Lie down comfortably and put anaspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.

Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?
Ans: No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.

Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?
Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.

Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?
Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.

Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?
Ans : Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cholesterol, BP, weight.

Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?
Ans : No.

Qn: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?
Ans: There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugsand go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.

Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks?
Ans : No.

Qn: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women?
Ans: Nature protects women till the age of 45. (Present Global census show that the Percentage of heart disease in women has increased than in men )

Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?
Ans: Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkups if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six months recommended) ....

Please, don't hoard knowledge.
It takes sharing of knowledge to discover and understand the world in which we live.
Please share it with all your friends and relatives....... They might benefit as well...

Dr. Devi Shetty,
Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist)
Bangalore

New “CTS-2010 Standard” Bank Cheque Format

It is now mandatory for banks to strictly issue standardised and enhanced new format of cheques called CTS-2010. Which will be available from 1st April 2013. Also already circulated cheques will be replaced within 31st March 2013. So it is necessary for all to understand how your new cheque format looks like.

1) Paper-Same specification will continue related to paper specification as it exist now. In addition to that, paper should be image friendly and have protection against any alteration by having new features as chemical sensitivity to acids, alkalis, bleaches and solvents giving clear visibility of alteration. New cheque will not glow under Ultra-Violet light. This will make all cheques feel like same across all banks.

2) All cheques carry standardised watermark called “CTS-INDIA” which can be seen when you held cheque against light. This feature will avoid fraudulent from photocopying or printing it. Mark will be in oval shape, and diameter of it is 2.6 to 3.0 cms. Each cheque will have atleast one full mark. Sample of the same will look like this.



3) VOID pantograph-Pantograph with hidden or embedded “COPY” or “VOID” will appear in the cheque. This feature will not be visible on the scanned image at the resolution specified in CTS but will easily visible on photocopies and scanned images because the resolution used during such process will content higher resolution which is specified in CTS. This will ensure photocopying and scanning of cheque.

4) Bank Logo-It will be printed in ultra-violet ink. The logo will be captured or visible in ultra violet enabled scanners. It will establishes genuineness of cheque.

5) Field placement of cheque-Placement of significant fields are made mandatory but additional fields can be added by banks with their wish. This will make capturing optical/Image character recognition (OCR/ICR) in offline mode and help banks in automating their payments.

6) Colour and Background-Light/Pastel colours will be mandated for cheques. But the finalisation will be after consultation with Indian Bank Association and National Payment Corporation of India.

7) Clutter free background-Background will be keep clutter free as possible for improving quality and clarity of images.

8) Alterations/Correction on cheques-No changes or corrections should be carried out on cheques (except for date validation purpose, if required).

9) Printing of account field-All cheques should be issued with the account number field pre-printed. Especially this is must for current accounts.

10) Additional security features-Other than above mandatory features cheque may content below few features based on Banks own risk calculation.
a) Supplementary watermark containing their own logo
b) embedded fluorescent fibers
c) fugitive ink
d) Secondary fluorescent ink
e) micro-letting
f) toner fusing
g) check-sum
h) patterns
i) floral designs
j) bleeding ink
k) structural magnetic
l) security thread
m) hot stamped holograms on multi city cheques and drafts
n) auto-detection tools
o) use of UV band to identify amount in words, amount in figures, signature and beneficiary name
p) pre-encoding of amount field on the MICR bandfor DDs and pay orders before issuing to customers.
q) use of check-sum on the face of DDs and pay orders (other than MICR band).

But the above said additional features are based on rules and regulation of CTS-2010.

Sample of the cheque will look like this.

You can return your unused cheque book to any of your nearby bank branch and place a fresh order for new cheque books before 31st march 2013.

A nameless piece, like hundreds of victims - by Charanya Kannan

I was in my engineering second year. Finished a dance practice at Mylapore, took the legendary 12B bus to go home. I was groped by an asshole in the bus. I was not new to that, I don't think any woman,especially in India,is new to that. I knew exactly how to handle it. I've always handled it that way, ever since the first incident happened when I was in class 6, if anybody touches me I would scream out and call the attention of the bus conductor, the conductor would then ask the man to get down, and I'd be satisfied that I've done by bit as I see the guy humiliated, embarrassed, hiding in his face and running out of the bus, knowing that he would never dare to do it again. So that day, I did the same. Except, this time it was different. The conductor looked up and said "Stand somewhere else, away from him". I was shocked and appalled, and said "What? Ask him to get out of the bus" and as I was saying this, the asshole kissed me, yes in front of everyone, while I was hurling this complaint against him. He curled his lips and gave me this vicious smile which silently said "You are but a helpless woman". I screamed in rage, EVERYONE stood silent. ALL the passengers, stood silently, watching. The conductor looked up and said "Galatta panadha, buss virtu erungu". (Get down form the bus, stop overreacting) I was fuming and burst out in tears as I got down from the bus,I noted down the bus number and went crying to my dad. My dad agreed to take me to the police station. My mother pleaded with us "Are you crazy, why would you take our teenage girl to the police station? Its unsafe ,besides what would people think". Can anyone blame her for thinking that way? So we telephoned the police instead. My father had to use his position -'gazetted officer' to even so much as to get their attention. We said we have the bus number and need to file a FIR against the bus conductor and the driver. We got a call from the police station 10 minutes later, and a lady officer spoke to me. She said " If you press charges, we'd have to suspend the driver and conductor. We would never be able to trace the guy who did that to you anyway. The driver and conductor would complain to their union, and if the union decided to go on a strike , then the issue would be picked up by the media, and your image would unnecessarily be tarnished. My suggestion is to just forget it". And thats what I've tried doing, tried forgetting it for the last 8 years. But I still remember his face, that sadistic smile, that I've been wanting to wipe it from his face forever, but just can't. And when I was discussing this issue in my college with a group of friends, a random guy who overheard it actually said " What sort of a girl is she, why would she speak in public about all this". THIS. THIS is exactly the problem with our country. It wasn't wrong for the guy to have done that, but it is wrong that I spoke about it. A dutiful girl should have kept it a secret and carried on with her life. Even now, I'm very sure my mom would call me from India and ask why I publish notes like these. A bunch of people reading this are invariably bound to think how "unwomanly" it is for me to write all this. And a few people reading this would probably think "Wonder what dress she wore in the bus". Thats why I specified dance class in the first line- Indian classical dance implies wearing Chudithar with Dupataa. I read a blog on this issue where the author had to issue a disclaimer "..want to clarify that not all of the examples of harassment or abuse I mentioned in the post involved me directly.." Because we get judged for writing these. Its easier to speak in third person. Its almost quite impossible for any girl in India ot have escaped such experiences. But no one speaks about it. And thats the inception for trouble. What happened to me was nothing, nothing at all, in light of what so many other women undergo in the country.
I'm probably not even thinking right when writing this, I'm just really depressed when I heard the news about that girl who died today. I may regret writing this tomorrow, as the society does expect me to be ashamed for speaking out. I could be termed 'Dented-painted".
But still, a few arbid thoughts that come to my mind right now:

1. While this rape case is being discussed extensively on electronic media, a 17 year old girl has committed suicide, as the officers were trying to convince her to withdraw the case, by casting aspirations on her character and asking her to marry the rapist.Should I be happy that the officer I spoke to was at least courteous to me? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/27/india-gang-rape-suicide_n_2370859.html?utm_hp_ref=world.
2. These are the views about 'rape' expressed by our politicians, in the last one year. A sordid compliation. These are our law makers, what co you expect from others?This made me nauseous. I'm not sure what else to say about this. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rape-sexual-assault-womens-rights-s-politicians-said-in-2012/312791-3.html.
3. Everybody in korea wears skirts, the length of it being so tiny that it would not even qualify it as a skirt in India. Yet there is no eve teasing here. NO EVE TEASING. People drink, a lot. Girls drink, a LOT. They drink till 4 am. They hang out with guys. Yet girls don't get raped, they don't even so much as get stared at or judged. People eat a lot of chow mien here, yet there is no hormonal problem.
4. A few months ago I posted this image of a girl, who's face was charred when a guy hurled acid at her face, because she refused to humour him. When I published this photo, I got two messages from friends saying "We log into Facebook to see happy stuff, that image totally put me off, stop posting such gruesome stuff". I apologize in advance to those people who find such a compelling desire to stay away from news of this sort.Please live in your happy fairy tale land. And please don't read the next point.
5. Engineering 3rd year. Gajalakshmi Prabhakaran came a little shaken to college that day. I asked her why. Her mother is a nurse. Apparently the previous day, her mother saw a one year girl, a tiny little girl, brought bleeding and dead to her hospital. Apparently the father of the girl raped her. The little baby was dead in her mothers arms. Gajalakshmi's mother was helpless and tormented. So were we, on hearing the news. The same thing has happened again, this time the tiny one is 2.5 years old. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_2-year-old-vadodara-rape-victim-dies-of-injuries_1781807. The case handled by Gajalakshmi's mother was never quite reported in the media. I'm sure there are hundreds of nameless 2 year girls who die every year.
6. My undergraduate college was very liberal in a conservative city, there were no 'dress codes'. Yet when girls wore kurtas and jeans to college, they invariable earned the names 'bitch' and 'slut' and 'pros' by fellow classmates. I was stunned and always wrapped myself in a dupatta for the next 3 years of college. When I see some of those guys' photographs on Facebook, I now smile, as they're standing next to a wife/grilfriend wearing jeans. Does that mean there is hope after all?
7. Speaking about dress, how can you blame the poor guys of Tamilnadu when the youth icon, actor Vijay makes such crass third rate movies ? (I know I can be admonished by Vijay fans for this). Check out this scene where he tells Asin, that if she dresses in a sari, men would worship her. Seriously vijay? Do you want to know some statistics about women who wear a sari and get raped? Our stupid censor board which censors even a simple kiss scene from an english movie, lets such chauvinistic movies make their bucks. Do watch this video, it comes with english subtitles. And remember to hate it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g9c9FNJ89M
8. A few years back the rebel in me would have died to return to India to fight injustice. Now I'm just glad I'm away form that place. I'm thinking twice if my daughter should grow up there.
9. All my dear friends in Delhi /Gurgaon, please leave that wretched place as soon as possible. I love you all too much.
10. I've already given a few shout outs to this, but I guess this is the opportune moment, when everyone is keen on doing something. Go ahead, read this blog by Sunitha Krishnan, She was raped by 5 men when she was 15 years old, yet she survived. She not just survived, but has been fighting against sex trafficking through her organization @Prajwala (its a community on fb tagged in this note). Please support that. http://sunithakrishnan.blogspot.kr/. Do spend half an hour reading her various articles.

courtesy - by Charanya Kannan

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Ratan Tata’s humane gestures (in the aftermath of 26/11)

Kasab is hanged, everyone's happy. Some people are praising Pranabda for this, while some the UPA gov...

ernance.
Now that everyone's happy lets go back to November 2008,Hotel Taj when & where this happened, and meet a real hero, Sir.Ratan Tata.

While many of you'll would've read it at other places, i thought, its important to share this again to Salute him once again.

Following is what Mr.Tata did to those who worked in the Taj hotel,vendors who ran various stalls around the hotel.

1. All category of employees including those who had completed even 1 day as casuals were treated on duty during the time the hotel was closed.
2. Relief and assistance to all those who were injured and killed
3. The relief and assistance was extended to all those who died at the railway station, surroundings including the “Pav-Bhaji” vendor and the pan shop owners.
4. During the time the hotel was closed, the salaries were sent by money order.
5. A psychiatric cell was established in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Sciences to counsel those who needed such help.
6. The thoughts and anxieties going on people’s mind was constantly tracked and where needed psychological help provided.
7. Employee outreach centers were opened where all help, food, water, sanitation, first aid and counseling was provided. 1600 employees were covered by this facility.
8. Every employee was assigned to one mentor and it was that person’s responsibility to act as a “single window” clearance for any help that the person required.
9. Ratan Tata personally visited the families of all the 80 employees who in some manner – either through injury or getting killed – were affected.
10. The dependents of the employees were flown from outside Mumbai to Mumbai and taken care off in terms of ensuring mental assurance and peace. They were all accommodated in Hotel President for 3 weeks.
11. Ratan Tata himself asked the families and dependents – as to what they wanted him to do.
12. In a record time of 20 days, a new trust was created by the Tatas for the purpose of relief of employees.
13. What is unique is that even the other people, the railway employees, the police staff, the pedestrians who had nothing to do with Tatas were covered by compensation. Each one of them was provided subsistence allowance of Rs. 10K per month for all these people for 6 months.
14. A 4 year old granddaughter of a vendor got 4 bullets in her and only one was removed in the Government hospital. She was taken to Bombay hospital and several lacs were spent by the Tatas on her to fully recover her.
15. New hand carts were provided to several vendors who lost their carts.
16. Tata will take responsibility of life education of 46 children of the victims of the terror.
17. This was the most trying period in the life of the organization. Senior managers including Ratan Tata were visiting funeral to funeral over the 3 days that were most horrible.
18. The settlement for every deceased member ranged from Rs. 36 to 85 lacs [One lakh rupees tranlates to approx 2200 US $ ] in addition to the following benefits:
a. Full last salary for life for the family and dependents;
b. Complete responsibility of education of children and dependents – anywhere in the world.
c. Full Medical facility for the whole family and dependents for rest of their life.
d. All loans and advances were waived off – irrespective of the amount.
e. Counselor for life for each person.

His greatness shows that you don't need to ask for respect, the work you do earns it for you!

Don't Talk While Driving!!

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It is very painful to note that a good number of two and four wheeler drivers use mobile phones while driving.

Whether in the rush hour morning traffic or whether in the evening hours after a day’s strenuous work, they can be found using mobile phones on the road. It is a pity that they all know that the safest way of avoiding accidents, is not to use a mobile phone at all while driving.

NOW, LET US LOOK AT SOME RECORDED STATISTICS :

In a dubious distinction for the country, the World Health Organization has revealed in its first ever Global Status Report on Road Safety that more people die in road accidents in India than anywhere else in the world, including the more populous China.

THE STATISTICS FOR INDIA ARE CHILLING !

In 2008, India recorded 130,000 deaths because of road accidents, which was 10 percent of the world’s total fatal accidents!
At least 13 people die every hour in road accidents in the country, the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau reveals. In 2007, 1.14 lakh people in India lost their lives in road mishaps — that's significantly higher than the 2006 road death figures in China, 89,455.
Road deaths in India registered a sharp 6.1% rise between 2006 and 2007. However, road safety experts say the real numbers could be higher since many of these accident cases are not even reported.

Use of mobile phone – talking and messaging included – while driving has been found to be the single most causative factor for these accidents. Most mobile phone related crashes happen when a person is answering an incoming call.

The users of mobile phones who do both talking/messaging and driving at the same time do not recognize the harm they do unto themselves and also to other road users. Researchers have found out that drivers are four times more likely to have an accident if they use a mobile phone on the road.

The best ways to follow in the use of mobile phones while driving are:
- Don’t talk or text when driving
- Let your voice mail pick up the call
- If you have a fellow passenger let that person answer mobile phone for you
- If you need to make or receive a call, pull into a safe area to do so
Though laws have been enacted banning use of mobile phones while driving still we find many violations.

Well. In such a case, the advertisements aired on the TV channels by some mobile operators like walk while you talk, may have to be withdrawn.
Or alternatively, these mobile operators can track such mobiles on the move and levy a penalty for each violation and pass on the same to the government agencies. This will reduce burden of already stretched police force.Pls share dis information with everyone.

Post Originally posted by Tech Fun

Payeng - forest man of India

Jadav Payeng, popularly known as Mulai, has been on a one-man mission to save Assam’s green cover. He has single-handedly grown a sprawling forest on a 550-hectare sandbar in the middle of the Brahmaputra. He was born in 1969.

Payeng set up a small plantation on a chapori (sandbar) on the Brahmaputra off Jorhat town in 1979. Two years later, he helped the social forestry wing of the forest department to set up a plantation on a 200-hectare plot on the chapori. He took care of the plantation, camping inside the area with his wife Binita Payeng and his family, even after the scheme ended in 1988.

Under his watchful eye, the plantation grew to over 1000 hectares as Payeng single handedly guarded the area from repeated attempts at encroachment and felling. Now he starts another 200 hectares land for plantation. His aim is to spread his forest to Bongaon of Majuli. He wants to establish Jorhat and Majuli as Zurich of Switzerland.

Ironically, as his conservation efforts began to bear fruit, the people of adjoining villages initially boycotted his family. The plantation, over 20km northwest of this town, is now a full fledged forest with over 50 barking and hog deer, elephants, three one-horned rhino, 5 Royal Bengal tiger/tigress with two cubs, jackal, fox, wild roosters, vultures, snakes and other reptiles and local and migratory birds.

There are thousands of valuable trees - Gomari, Simolu, Teak, Azar, Khakan, Veleu, Jamun, Mango tree, Jack-fruit, etc. Jadab Payeng is concern about deforestation and global warming. He also takes initiative to save tigers.

Mulai is also engaged in dairy farming and agriculture, now there are more than 200 buffaloes and cows. He had lost nearly 100 buffaloes and cows to tigers (from Kaziranga) to the forest. Elephants damage his house several times.

However, Payeng does not grudge that as they served as food for the big cat. He said it was the people who carried out large scale encroachment and destruction of forests, leading to the loss of habitat of the bigger animals and forcing them to prey on animals.

For his outstanding work, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) honoured Payeng on the 'Earth Day'. Sudhir Kumar Sopory, JNU vice-chancellor, called Payeng the 'forest man of India' and a true 'nature scientist'.