Strategy for the Haryana Assembly polls.

Development work have taken place along the Grant Trunk Road stretch that comprises 29 seats in seven districts. Cities like Ambala, Panipat, Kurukshetra and Sonepat are major commercial hubs. 

The BJP and the Congress have concentrated on those 29 seats as part of their election strategies.

The elections are on tomorrow.

Let's wait and watch!

Tailpiece.

Got up at 16' past 5, the chores and was ready by 10.

Lekha's knee is still not okay despite the medicines over the last three days. Will show her to an ortho specialist tomorrow as promised by Dr (Mrs) Sodhi.

Went to the town for the following :-

      * Providing my Life Certificate for 2024 - '25. Subha was a great help.

      * Grocery from Harisree supermarket.

      * Fruit basket from Ravindran's.

      * Drop cheque at the ICICI Bank.

      * Fish for the cats from Thampuranpadi Mukku.

A quiet Friday!

 

The flood relief aid.

The Union government released 5,658.60 crores to 14-flood affected states as central share from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and and advance from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). 

The breakdown is as under :-

  (a) Maharashtra                           Rs.1,492 cr

  (b) Andhra Pradesh                      Rs.1,036 cr

  (c) Assam                                    Rs.716 cr

  (d) Bihar                                      Rs.655.60 cr

  (e) Gujarat                                   Rs.600 cr

  (f) West Bengal                            Rs.468 cr

  (g) Telangana                               Rs.416.8 cr

  (h) Kerala                                    Rs.145.6 cr

  (j) Himachal Pradesh                   Rs.189.20 cr

  (k) Manipur                                  Rs.50 cr

  (l) Mizoram                                  Rs.21.6 cr

(m) Sikkim                                     Rs.23.6 cr

 (n) Tripura                                     Rs.25 cr

 (p) Nagaland                                  Rs.19.2 cr

Tailpiece.

Got down at Kunnamkulam at a quarter past 3. Got a nice guy as my auto driver and I reached home by a half past 3. Hit the sack by a 10' past 4.

Was up at 6, to switch on the music.

The maid was at work.

Tomie gets us our grandfather clock.

A great turn out.

Dateline 02 Oct

The third and final phase of Assembly polls in 40 seats of witnessed 68.72% voter turnout, two percentage points more than the recent Lok Sabha elections.

Brisk polling was reported in all separatist bastions in north Kashmir while there was greater enthusiasm in the Jammu region, where the West Pakistani refugees, Valmikis and Gorkhas got to exercise their franchise for the first time in the Assembly polls.

For the first time, the people of Sopore openly came out to vote. "This is the first time we are voting without fear", said retired government teacher Abdul Aziz. The town was in the stranglehold of separatists and militants. 

The PN Panicker Foundation had two significant functions organised on this day. The first was at the 3rd Adivasi collective at Paangaavu in Kuttichal Panchayat which has got all its members practice UPI payments after attaining digital literacy. The Foundation, the RBI and the NABARD had made it possible and its declaration was made in the presence of George Kurien, the MoS in the Modi cabinet. Kerala's minister, O Kelu and the local MLA did not fetch up owing to political reasons!

The second was our yatra from the Museum Junction to the VJT Hall saying "No to drugs". Bishop Robinson of the Lutheran Church and other cultural leaders participated in the yatra which was spoilt by rain to a little extent. 80 college going youth - also part of the National Service Scheme (NSS) - formed the backbone of the yatra.

Returned to the Foundation, changed and caught the the Swift bus to Guruvayur that left Thiruvananthapuram at a quarter past 7. Dinner of chappathis and vegetable korma had somewhere at Ettumanoor. 

Neelamperoor Devi kshetram’s Pooram padayani.

Got up at 3, the chores and was ready by a half past 5. Prabin dropped me close to the 3A/C coach of the Guruvayur-Madurai Fast Passenger. Reached Changanasserry by a 10’ to 9. The journey was uneventful, nice.

Reached Changanasserry by 10' to 9. Maman and folks with the car came by, soon after and without much ado, we set off for Puthuvayil House. The Pooram padayani celebrations of the Neelamperoor Devi kshetram were on in full swing. Following, from the family, were attending :-

Indira kunjamma, Maman, Ammayi, Suma kunjamma, Chambu, Padmakumar, Rema, Mini and Santhi.

Had a good 'darshan' of the Devi during the 'ucha puja'.

Lunch at Unni's place.

And then, to the Panchayat office and the Village Officer's office said our piece about the transfer of ownership of the Puthuvayil House to the Foundation.

We began our journey to Thiruvananthapuram at 3. Had a darshan of the Kottarakkara Maha Ganapati kshetram and as we were returning, we met Lekha's Ananthan chittappan, Letha, Archa and Devootti.

Dinner at Hotel Al Saj.

A quiet evening at Maman's place.