Three students of Government Higher Secondary Schools in Krishnagiri district secured State ranks in Telugu and Kannada.

M. Hemavathi of Government Higher Secondary School, Hosur, scored 96 marks in Telugu and was the state topper in the subject. She scored 97 in English, centum in mathematics, 92 in science and 97 in social science with a total score of 482. R. Navitha from the same school scored 95 and secured state third rank in Telugu.

Kannada

N. Thyagaraja of Government Higher Secondary School, Madhagondapalli near Hosur emerged state topper in Kannada with 94 marks. Thyagaraja had secured 431 out of 500 marks.

Rular Secure Topper in SSLC

Students from rural background performed well in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations in Krishnagiri district.

District toppers

J. Jegan of Government Higher Secondary School, Uthangarai and S. Sarathy of Our Lady Higher Secondary School were the district toppers in the SSLC examinations with a total score of 491 out of 500 marks .

Jegan scored centum in mathematics, 97 each in Tamil and English, 99 in science and 98 in social science. While S. Sarathy scored centum in mathematics and science, 97 in Tamil, 96 in English and 98 in social science.

M. Karthick of Government Higher Secondary School, Velampatti, A. Imran Basha of Our Lady Higher Secondary School, Madhagondapalli, P. Hari Baskar of Government Higher Secondary School, Uthangarai and S. Reena of Anna Arivagam Higher Secondary School, Pochampalli and K. Sornamugi of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Uthangarai shared the second rank in the district with a score of 490.

The third place was shared by A. Vignesh of Government Boys Higher Secondary School, R.L. Deekshita and R. Sivasruthi of Government Girls Higher Secondary School. They had scored 489 marks.

Pass percentage

The pass percentage of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Hosur, was 78.33 per cent.

Last year it was 67 per cent.

Hogenakkal project will be fast-tracked, says Minister

The Hogenakkal Drinking Water and Fluorosis Mitigation Project will be implemented as quickly as possible, said K.P. Munusamy, Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development, here on Saturday.

After taking charge as Minister, Mr. Munusamy visited his native district on Saturday.

He was given a rousing welcome at Velakalnatham, the district border with Vellore, Bargur and in Krishnagiri town.

He was received by C. Prakasam, Collector-in-Charge, at the Travellers Bungalow belonging to the Forest Department on Bangaluru Road. Police and district officials met the Minister at the bungalow for a brief period.

The Minister told reporters that the Hogenakkal Drinking Water and Fluorosis Mitigation Project was the brain child of former Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran. Hence the scheme to benefit 30 lakh people of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri district would be implemented as quickly as possible with guidance from Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. The scheme would be inaugurated by the Chief Minister.

Earlier, Mr. Munusamy garlanded the statue of MGR at Bargur, Anna statues at Raasi Veedhi in Krishnagiri and at Kaveripattinam.

Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri students secure State ranks

Students from Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts bagged State ranks in the matriculation stream.

M. Anitha of Senthil Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Dharmapuri was one among the state toppers with a score of 493 out of 500 marks. V. Veenapriyalakshmi of the same school secured state second with a total of 492 marks.

S. Poongothai and C. Pavithra of Sri Vidhyamandhir Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Uthangarai are sharing the state third rank with a total of 491 marks.

M. Anitha, daughter of K. Mani, a Head Constable at the Police Control room in Dharmapuri town, wants to become a Cardiologist.

She dedicated her achievement to the school, parents and well wishers.

Second rank holder V. Veenapriyalakshmi wants to become an Astronomer.

She is planning to pursue Computer Science in Plus One.

Quarry workers seek protection from usurer

Family members of the quarry workers who were allegedly threatened by a gang involved in usury at Dharmaraja Nagar in Kallukurukki Village near Krishnagiri.

Six families hailing from Dharmaraja Nagar in Kallukurukki Village, hardly 8 km from Krishnagiri town, have alleged that they are living under constant threat from a gang involved in usury.

Easwaran, head of one of the six families, said that they worked as bonded labourers in a stone quarry owned by a gang involved in usury for the past 25 years.

Since the labourers wanted to provide quality education to their wards, they left the quarry three months ago and joined another quarry.

Irked by the decision of the workers, the gang had allegedly asked the families to return the paltry amount that they took as loan while working as bonded labourers.

The gang had reportedly taken their signatures on empty stamp papers and receipts stating that the workers had assured to pay the balance amount in three months. Mr. Easwaran said that he had repaid Rs. 55,000 for the Rs. 60,000 he took as loan. But the gang has asked him to pay Rs. 60,000 more.

Five other workers were also going through a similar situation, he said.

Petition

The families have decided to submit a petition to District Collector V. Arun Roy during the grievance day meeting to be held today.