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Second phase works on Konni medical college set to begin
The Hindu
An amount of ₹241-cr. has been sanctioned through KIIFB
In a major boost to the public health network in Pathanamthitta, authorities are all set to begin the second phase expansion of the Government Medical College in Konni on Monday.
An amount of ₹241.01 crore has been sanctioned through the Kerala Infrastructure and investment Fund Board (KIIFB) for the second phase expansion of the hospital. Works worth ₹199.17 crore has been awarded to a Rajasthan-based company.
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When fed into Latin, pusilla comes out denoting “very small”. The Baillon’s crake can be missed in the field, when it is at a distance, as the magnification of the human eye is woefully short of what it takes to pick up this tiny creature. The other factor is the Baillon’s crake’s predisposition to present less of itself: it moves about furtively and slides into the reeds at the slightest suspicion of being noticed. But if you are keen on observing the Baillon’s crake or the ruddy breasted crake in the field, in Chennai, this would be the best time to put in efforts towards that end. These birds live amidst reeds, the bulrushes, which are likely to lose their density now as they would shrivel and go brown, leaving wide gaps, thereby reducing the cover for these tiddly birds to stay inscrutable.