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Buses needed

In Mayuri Nagar township at Thudialu Road, Chinnavedampatti, there are about 300 houses in which nearly 1,200 residents live. There are seven colleges in the township. Students of these colleges and employees of companies at KGISL Complex form a major chunk of the residents in the township.

They rely on two city buses (route number 111 and 111A) plying from Gandhipuram to Gandhipuram via Saravanampatti and Thudiyalur. These buses run without a fixed time schedule. As a result, those who depend on these buses have to wait for about an hour. Most of them who go to Coimbatore city have to walk for about two to three km to Saravanampatti to catch other town buses on Sathy Main Road. More city buses should be introduced at short intervals to cater to the bulging population of this area. The existing time schedule for buses 111 and 111A should be maintained strictly and all city buses plying to Chinnavedampatti, should be diverted up to Sankara College/Mayuri Nagar.

R. Madhumathy,

Chinnavedampatti.

Phone deposit refund

I took a BSNL mobile telephone connection 94433-54041 under 325 Plan on 18.8.2003.

I had remitted an amount of Rs. 2,000 for STD facilities under Rpt No. 037 dated 18.08.2003 in the BSNL CBT mobile counter.

Subsequently, the above post-paid connection was converted by me into pre-paid from November 2006. Telephone bills under the post-paid category up to 31.10.2006 had been completely paid by me without arrears.

Though nearly seven months had elapsed after the conversion, no action was initiated by the department to refund the amount along with the accrued interest.

I had endorsed a copy of this letter to Sr. A.O (mobile services), CBT also.

The above representation was not even acknowledged by the department, leave alone finding a solution.

This is not an isolated case. In fact, government departments and public sector undertakings do not care for refund cases, whenever they become due.

The initiative should automatically emanate from the departments and not from the customers.

Will the authorities concerned settle such issues at least after they have been reminded by the customers?

S. Gopalan,

K.K. Pudur.

Teaching English

It was interesting to read the report ‘Aiming for holistic development’ (July 17 ).

The innovative methods adopted by Yuvabharathi Nursery School at Saibaba Colony to make learning easier and exciting to tiny tots studying in primary classes are commendable. Besides sharpening their intellect and honing their general skills, they will surely provide the children requisite exposure to enhance the level of their self-confidence.

According to the report, English language is taught in this school not by introducing alphabets to the children but by teaching them a word.

The purpose is said to be to teach proper phonetic pronunciation. This seems to be odd because the same alphabet or combination of alphabets like ‘C’, ‘ch’ etc have different phonetic pronunciations when used in different words (example: Call and cell; Character and chart). The existing widely prevalent method of teaching the alphabets along with appropriate words ( like ‘A’ for ‘Apple’, ‘B’ for ‘Boy’) seems to be best suited for the purpose.

This well-tried conventional method, which still seems to be quite easy and good, can be continued as an effective method to teach the language.

K.D. Viswanaathan,

Thadagam Road.

Save water bodies

Srithuli has again started clearing waterbodies in Coimbatore.

The municipal employees should now go around the Singanallur tank and pick out plantlets as and when they appear.

In Valankulam the transport department which has encroached upon a tank should see to it that the tank is kept clean.

K.K. Lakshmanan,

Thirunagar.

Choking canals

This refers to the report ‘Garbage chokes canal in city’ (July 19).

The story of Sanganur canal is horrifying.

The accompanying picture of the abused water way containing great mass garbage presents an appalling sight.

The canal runs through the main city. The entire stretch was a garbage dump for some years.

As a result, is it is the biggest source of mosquito breeding and one of the foulest spots of health hazard to the citizens.

Citizens who dump garbage should be sensitised. Cooperation of ward councillors will be great help to improve the situation. Some months ago, the Mayor announced that a scheme would be launched to clear the canal and restore it as a perfect water way with pucca embankment and attractive gardens.

A. Ranganathan,

NGGO Colony. (Readers can send mails to cbereaders@thehindu. co.in with address and phone number)