Monthly Archives: October 2018

For producing dry fish of impeccable quality

An NIRDPR team demonstrating the working of solar-powered hybrid dehydrators to fisherwomen from Telangana at a workshop held on its campus in Hyderabad recently.

NIRDPR’s Rural Technology Park develops solar-powered dehydrators

The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR)’s Rural Technology Park has developed solar-powered hybrid dehydrators to produce dry quality fish under hygienic conditions. This technology would help pack and seal fish in pouches, which is likely to fetch a better price for fishermen.

The institute and its technology partner have decided to train 4,000 fishermen from across the country in adopting modern technologies to improve catch and reduce wastage in collaboration with the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB).

“We have also developed a fish bone separator keeping in view the demand for higher quantity of fish, which will increase productivity among fishermen community,” said NIRDPR Deputy Director Radhika Rastogi and NFDB Chief Executive I. Rani Kumudini on Friday.

About 150 fisherwomen from Telangana were trained during a one-day workshop-cum-demonstration held at the institute last week as part of ‘Rastriya Mahila Kisan Diwas’, supported by Commissioner of Fisheries C. Suvarna, they said.

RTP Project Director Ramesh Sakthivel urged the Fisheries Departments of all the States to take advantage of the training facilities available at the institute. The institute was also exploring options to conduct such trainings at different places to reach out to more people.

Technologies such as solar hybrid dehydrators, designed chilling chambers, freezers, mobile moped-mounted freezers and ice machines that are user-friendly, compact with high quality materials, and of low maintenance, have been developed at the RTP.

Leftover catch fish after selling can be stored in chilled chambers to avoid spoilage of fish, and can be transported to various destinations through moped mounted freezer.

Fisherwomen, who took part in the training programme, expressed keen interest in the newly-developed technologies and some fishermen societies have even agreed to install chilling chambers for preservation of fish, he claimed.

The RTP has, in fact, developed several new approaches for promoting hygienic ways of handling, preserving and drying fish, he added.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – October 26th, 2018

L.B. Nagar sets the new benchmark

The recently opened Corridor One of the metro is carrying up to 1.25 lakh passengers a day

Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited & L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad have announced on Tuesday that the L.B. Nagar terminal station on Corridor One – Miyapur to L.B. Nagar has crossed the Ameerpet interchange station in having the highest passenger footfall with both entry and exit being 30,000 a day.

Top stations used by passengers are: LB Nagar — entry – 14,145, Ameerpet — 13,974, Miyapur — 10,603, Uppal — 9,719, KPHB — 9,269 and JNTU — 8,493 as on Monday when the total number of passengers on all the trains have been 1. 90 lakh of which 1.77 lakh are paid passengers.

Corridor One has became operational last month and it is carrying upto 1.25 lakh passengers a day with trains being run at 3.5 minutes frequency during the peak hours, 6.5 minutes when the rush is slightly less and eight minutes during the non-peak hours in this section, according to HMR MD N.V.S. Reddy. L&TMRH MD & CEO K.V.B. Reddy informed that every day 248 trips are being run on Corrdior One while it is 266 trains on the partially opened Corridor Three – Nagole to Ameerpet.

Altogether 550 trips are being undertaken by the metro trains in the twin directions and the number of passengers on Corridor Three is about 50,000 now. Metro rail authorities are running 21 three coach trains between L.B.Nagar (29 km) and Miyapur and 12 three-coach trains between Nagole to Ameerpet (17 km) everyday thereby running 33 trains in total.

The duo along with other senior metro rail officials, including Chief Operating Officer Anil Kumar Saini and others participated in a coordination meeting held at HMR Bhavan. The officials discussed the passenger rush, amenities and other issues of the transport system. They were of the opinion that barring a few complaints, the passengers have been having a good run in the metro trains in the 46-km. made operational and appealed to the citizens to make use of the services extensively.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – October 24th, 2018