First Bidar-Mumbai train to be flagged off today(10 Feb 2015)

Minister for Railways, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, will flag off train no. 11075/11-76 LTT Mumbai-Bidar-LTT Mumbai express via Kalyan, Kurdwadi, Latur Road and Bhalki, the first train connecting Bidar to Mumbai, on Tuesday.

The Minister will flag off the new train via remote video link from New Delhi. On its inauguration, the train will run as a special train with the number 01075. It will leave LTT Mumbai at 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday and reach Bidar at 10.30 a.m. In the return direction, train no. 01076 will leave Bidar at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday and reach LTT Mumbai at 8.15 a.m. the next day.



En route, the inaugural services will stop at Thane, Kalyan, Lonavala, Pune, Kurduvadi, Usmanabad, Latur, Latur Road, Udgir, Kamalnagar and Bhalki stations. Regular services will start from February 17 and accordingly, train no. 11075 will leave LTT Mumbai at 12.05 p.m. on Feb. 17 (Tuesday) and reach Bidar at 4 a.m. the next day.




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One person dies of H1N1 in Bidar

One person has died of H1N1 and related complications, the district surveillance office for detection of communicable diseases said on Thursday. Baburao Khande, 52, was suffering from lung infection and cardiac disease. He died in a private hospital in Hyderabad on February 2.

The victim, who was working as a teheshildar in Bidar district, was also a long-term diabetic. His sputum samples were sent for testing to the Kasturba medical college in Manipal. The tests have turned out to be positive, M. A Jabbar, district surveillance officer, said in a release.

Dr Jabbar has appealed to the people not to panic about the disease. Enough precautions should be taken in our daily actions. Regular hand washing and other hygienic measures should be followed. Any one suffering from fever, cold and upper respiratory tract infection should consult the doctor, he said. The district hospital has set up an isolation ward to treat H1N1 patients, the release said.




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Source:http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/one-person-dies-of-h1n1/article6861446.ece

Plan to set up feed mill on varsity campus to train farmers

Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University plans to set up a feed mill on its Bidar campus to provide hands-on experience to students and farmers. It will demonstrate to farmers how nutritious feed can be made in their backyard at low cost using available crop residue, Vice Chancellor C. Renuka Prasad told The Hindu.

The centre will teach farmers how to make feed bricks or pellets using crop waste. Most of these are mechanical processes. But some varieties can also be made at home, with minimal technical training, he said.

“After harvest, sugarcane growers usually slash and burn the leftover crop. We are trying to reason with farmers to discontinue this practice and use the waste to make feed blocks. This is the primary job of the demonstration unit,” he said.

The unit will also be used to provide hands-on training to graduate and post-graduate students. It will also have a research and extension wing where students can try newer methods of develop nutritious feed varieties at lower costs, he said.

“The unit will be the first step towards nutrition security,’’ said professor, department of nutrition Ramachandra B, who heads the team that came up with the plan for the mill. Feeding animals the right way is important. Most farmers tend to neglect it, sadly, he said.

“We need to create awareness about nutritional requirements of animals and birds. Animals for example, need green grass round the year. Scarcity of grass or prolonged dry spells reduces milk or meat yields, and adversely affects the health of animals. An easy method of supplementing the diet of animals in times of green grass scarcity is by feed blocks and pellets, that can be easily prepared,” he said.

Cost of feeding animals forms nearly 70 per cent of animal production. Scientific feeding is therefore essential to maximize production of milk meat and eggs, he said. “The unit could be scaled up to produce enough fodder to supply to all the University’s farms and constituent colleges,’’ Dr Ramachandra said.

“We recognize this as a very important element in supplementing the income of animal farmers,’’ P.C Jaffer, deputy commissioner, said. “The government will work with the university in having a feed mill and spreading word about nutritional security for animals. We have requested the Hyderabad Karnataka Regional Development Board to fund the project. The signals are positive, he said.



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