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Federation of Valasaravakkam Civic Welfare Associations, FVCWA has joined hands with Patanjali Yoga Samiti, Narchinthanai Vattam to perform cleaning as well as desilting works in Agastheeswarar/ Velveeswarar temple tank at Arcot road on Sunday, the 7th July 2019 between 6 a.m to 9 a.m.We should trust that this is a correct step in the right direction that it will to some extent ameliorate the gravity of the prevailing water crisis in the city and help in betterment of groundwater resources. They request all the residents in Valasaravakkam to participate in larger numbers in.
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Salute to War Heroes
Rotary club of Madras Bay city along with the Armed forces and veteran association have been conducting the All faith memorial service for the last eight years.This year it was conducted at Vivekananda auditorium, Anna university,Guindy, on 1st July 2019. Counsel general of Japan And Counsel
general of Russia . The future of India, the college students and NCC cadets took part in great enthusiasim. There were priest of five major religions of India coming together on the same platform and read an appropriate page from the respective holy scriptures. Commodore S.Shekhar is the brain child of this
program and was conducted by Commodore K.P.Ramachandran. the program was sponsored by L&T and seven other rotary clubs. The Cheif guest for this program was Rtn.G.Chandramohan , District Governor, RI.Dist. 3232 and Guest of honour Prof.M.K.Surappa, Vice chancellor Anna University.
Little Balalokians Day Out program The upper KG children of BALALOK School were taken to a neighborhood park on 1st July to have fun and togetherness. On their way to the park the little kids distributed a few pamphlets to the public on 'Rain Water Harvesting system'. Once in the playground the teachers and caregivers divided up the on the playground, where enjoying slides, swings, children and let them loose they spent the next hour balance bars and merrygo-rounds. As the children played together in the park, they learned to wait for their turn and express their thoughts and ideas. The trip was not only filled with lots of fun but it also provided valuable learning experiences to the little ones.
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‘Varuna Yakam’ at Balalok The Higher Secondary Principal Mr.Shanmuganathan has organised a ‘Varuna Yakam’ on 26th June’19 (Wednesday) at 6am in their school premises which was performed in an auspicious manner. The Primary Principal Mrs.Buvendrini, the school coordinators Mrs.Jacqueline, Mrs.Sembavai, Mrs.Vijayakumari, teachers, office bearers, parents and the students attended the ‘yakam’. The high school students of Balalok went on a door to door campaign to request the residents to initiate/ revive Rain Water Harvest system. The students also went on a cycle rally to bring an awareness among the neighbouring residents about Rain water Harvesting system.
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World Cup 2019: 5 major concerns for India ahead of the semi-finals
Privatise maintenance of storm water drains! I t is a great and the treated water back into
welcome idea of the Greater Chennai Corporation all setting to privatise the regular maintenance and upkeep of a lengthy 1894 k.m of its Drain network. The private contractors will be responsible not only appointment of workers but also the maintenance part of frequent desilting and have an eye during monsoon and floods. The contractors will be provided with machines that sucked sewage from the drains, recycled and let
the drains likewise in Mumbai. The contractors are also responsible for creating public awareness and has to effective ly ensure the sewage is not let into storm water drains. In most of the areas, the sewage is illegally let into storm water drainage affecting the easy flow of running of stormwater in the drains. thereby causing floods. The network of the carrying capacity of sewage and drain pipelines should be increased and improved with better
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quality pipelines to enable to plug the loopholes. At present, nobody monitors the drain networks and the systems are not effectively functioning and no quality pipelines. If all these deficiencies are removed, the appointment of private contractors to man the long drain network by the Corporation is a laudable idea.
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The three teams who have already qualified for the semi-finals of World Cup 2019 are India, Australia, and England. New Zealand will be the fourth team to join the race since Pakistan's mathematical chances of brushing aside New Zealand are improbable. By securing the top two spots, India has conveniently stayed away from the defending champion Australia. India will either meet England or New Zealand in the semi-finals depending upon the outcome of the two matches that will be played on Saturday, the 6th July 2019. The one team which defied pre-tournament predictions by its pathetic performance was South Africa. While Pakistan and West Indies as always remained the dark horses in this ICC tournament too, nothing dramatic was expected from the Asian teams Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan in English conditions. Moving forward, India has 5 major concerns to address before the knockout games. 1. The brittle middleorder : This Indian team is thriving on the firepower at the top of the batting order. In the absence of Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma took it upon himself to score all the runs at the top. He is now the top run scorer of this World Cup having scored 544 runs including 4 hundred. Virat Kohli is not far behind with 408 aggregate runs. The biggest disappointment has been the Indian middle order where MS Dhoni(223 runs), Kedar Jadhav(80) and Vijay Shankar(58) struggled right through the tournament. The team management has further complicated the matter by opting to replace the injured middle-order batsman Vijay Shankar with a rookie opener in Mayank Agarwal. The selection of either one of the experienced middle-order batsmen Ambati Rayadu or an Ajinkya Rahane could have shore up the brittle middle-order. The only saving grace for India in the middle order has been the performance of Hardik Pandya who was quite fluent in scoring 187 runs at a strike rate of 138. The induction of Rishabh Pant at No 4 has brought about a
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refreshing change in the approach of the middle order but the seniors should come to the party for India. 2. The lack of firepower in the death overs : India has only Hardik Pandya to up the ante in the slog overs. The lack of intent from MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav and the absence of a player like a Ravindra Jadeja in the late order have influenced India's run rate in the last 10 overs. At the start of the tournament, India had a better run rate in the last 10 overs having scored 59 in 7.3 overs against South Africa while chasing. The runs scored in the last 10 overs picked up pace against Australia(116), Pakistan(88) and the West Indies(82). But due to the slow nature of wickets and the lack of intent from the Indian middle-order, India could only score 49 against Afghanistan, 72 against England and 63 against Bangladesh in the last 10 overs. Coincidentally, India had 6 wickets in hand in all these 3 matches going into the last 10 overs. But for some strange reasons they could not accelerate in the last 10 overs even with plenty of wickets in hand. This inefficacy could haunt India in the knockout games. 3. The ineffectiveness of the wrist-spinners : Kuldeep Yadav has been a disappointment so far in the tournament. Though he has a better economy rate of 4.89, he could take only 5 wickets in his 57 overs. Kuldeep went wicketless in 2 of the 5 matches he played. His wrist spin partner Yuzvendra Chahal had taken 11 wickets but at a higher economy of 5.92. He had the dubious distinction of recording the most expensive spell by an Indian bowler in a World Cup when he conceded 88 runs against England. The collective failure of the wrist-spinners is a cause for concern for India. 4.The absence of the sixth bowling option : All the teams who have reached the
semi-finals have 6 regular bowlers except for India. The presence of 3 wicket-keepers in the playing XI hasn't helped India's cause. If one were to compare this Indian team with the World Cup winning team of 2011, that team had Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, and Suresh Raina as the part-time spinners. This weakness of India will be fully exploited by the much stronger teams in the semi-finals. Perhaps it is time now for India to accommodate Ravindra Jadeja in the playing XI in place of Dinesh Karthik. Jadeja is the "bits-and-pieces " cricketer who could bring in the much-needed balance to this Indian team. 5. The lack of opportunities and apprehensions in chasing down targets : India had batted second only twice in this tournament. They could win their first match against South Africa batting second. Thereafter, India was required to chase only in their seventh match against England which they lost without putting up a fight. The used wickets in England have slowed down considerably in the last week. Against this background, all the four teams in the fray would be looking forward to winning the toss and bat first and India is no exception to that. New Zealand lost their last 2 matches where they had to chase. England won their last two matches conveniently after electing to bat first. Compared to the other teams, the pressure will be more on India to win the toss and bat first since they have not been exposed a great deal chasing targets in this tournament. India's apprehension in chasing down targets confidently should not come in the way of the team's chances. To sum up, the Indian Captain and the team management are aware of the problems faced by the team going into the knockout stages of the tournament. To be fair, the tough format of this tournament has ensured that no team is perfect. The team that could minimize and overcome its weaknesses at this crucial stage of the tournament would be the eventual champion. Let us hope that team be our Men in Blue.
July 6, 2019
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