Tamil Nadu

Examination centre

AIEEE examinations were conducted only in three centres — Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai. Students from the southern districts were allotted Madurai centre. I request the authorities to consider Tiruchi as one more centre in future, as it will be convenient for students from the central districts. Besides, the room allotment should be displayed in a blackboard, prominently, in front of all examination halls in the school/college. Computer printout in small point size pasted in a board inside the school/college with gates locked, creates a lot of pandemonium and stampede at the time of entering the centre.

N. Rangarajan

Srirangam

There is little development taking place at A. R. R. Nagar under the panchayat area of Bikshandar Kovil. There are about 250 houses, spread over a number of streets in a haphazard manner, without adequate basic amenities such as roads or drainage facilities. After rain, it becomes difficult for vehicles to negotiate the roads here. Bushes have grown and covered a temporarily excavated area for drainage, which has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

Residents of A. R. R. Nagar, Kurunji Nagar and adjoining areas have to come to Maruthi bus stop near No.1Tollgate to board buses for going to Main Guard Gate and elsewhere. Since the bus stop has no proper bus shelter, people stand exposed to the elements. It is especially hard for old people to stand under a hot sun. Though several representations were made to the authorities about the state of affairs here, nothing has been done so far.

S. R. Dasarathan,

Bikshandarkovil

Power shutdowns have become frequent these days. In a span of two days, there were three power cuts — between 8 to 9 a.m., 7 to 8 p.m. and 11 to 12 midnight. Without informing public, if power shedding takes place, how can housewives plan their works. Moreover, power cut at midnight causes much hardship to one and all.

D. K. Vivekanandan,

LIC Colony

Following traffic jam near MGR statue/court, two-wheelers and even four wheelers straightaway take a right turn before MGR statue to proceed towards Ayyappan temple. This happens even after 8 p.m. The violators do not bother about oncoming vehicles. This is not only dangerous but may result in accidents.

S. Mahesh,

Annanagar

Srirangam railway station has so many advertisement boards hanging from the roof and obstructing signboards mentioning the train compartment number. It is another matter that the compartments are not stopped at the designated places. Recently I, my wife and sisters were waiting to board D 3 compartment of Guruvayur Express at the earmarked place. But the train passed by to a distance of more than thirty yards and we had to run to enter the coach. I request the railway to attend to these problems for the benefit of senior citizens like me.

P. S. Subrahmanian,

Srirangam

Recently power went off in my house due to some snag in the post. I informed the Mannarpuram TNEB authorities and within half-an-hour, the wireman came and set right the snag. I thank the TNEB authorities for their prompt action.

Sufiya,

Pudukottai Road

City buses halt at the marked places at the Anna Statue bus stop near Chinthamani, thanks to the watchful police. But in various other places, buses do not stop in front of the designated stops, leading to non-utilisation of modern bus-shelters to the desired level. For instance, the newly constructed bus shelter at Nachiar Kovil, Woraiyur (meant for Kulumani buses) and Samayapuram are far from being useful to passengers, owing to buses halting far away or in the middle of the road. This also leads to traffic jam. The same is the case with the bus stop at Sophy’s corner for buses going through Thillainagar / Woraiyur, especially in the peak hours.

C. Ramalingam,

Woraiyur

I wish to bring to the attention of the authorities on maintenance of cleanliness in and around Teppakulam, one of the main heritage sites of the city. Parking of four-wheelers has been permitted on Nandhikoil Street. It is sad to see people taking cover behind the parked vehicles to deface the hallowed walls of the Teppakulam, using it as a public convenience. Besides, one is pained to see all kinds of litter being thrown into the Teppakulam by fruit and vegetable vendors and fast-food sellers. Teppakulam was desilted several years back and restoring its fading glory is the need of the hour. I request the corporation to take steps to come down hard on those misusing the area around Teppakulam and clean the tank so that the heritage spot is protected.

J. Anantha Padmanabhan,

Srirangam

The Corporation should first introspect before enacting fresh by-laws to keep the city clean. In days of yore, councillors could be seen cycling along the roads when the workers were cleaning up to understand their problems and took effective steps to help them discharge their duty. Nowadays, talk to these workers and you hear numerous complainants — regarding shortage of lorries carrying waste, shortage of staff and no clear direction on worker deployment etc. Sitting in ivory towers and passing rules will result in pandemonium on roads which are full of uncleared garbage. Let the Tiruchi Corporation institute a proper study by MBA students.

T. M. Renganathan,

Srirangam -

With reference to a letter in the Readers Mail Column, we would like to furnish the following details for the kind notice. The milk price had been received from 10.3.08 and this union’s Special Officer/District Collector had informed through newspapers, including The Hindu that overcharging of milk by the agent may be informed to this union at 0431 2333001-04. The complaint stated that not a single vendor is following the Government Order and selling milk in the fixed price is not true. We have received certain complaints and necessary action were taken immediately by surprise checks in the depots by a special squad. Four agents were penalised and licence for one agency was cancelled on complaints received that milk was sold at higher rates there. The Aavin pasteurised milk, when maintained at 5 degree Centigrade, will stand for 72 hours. To create awareness and keep consumers informed, the date of packing with shift details and the MRP are being stamped on the milk sachets. In some sachets, the stamping might not be legible due to dry ink, as production is done to the tune of one lakh litres of milk a day. Tiruchi Aavin is ready to render better services to its consumers and we are thankful for enlightening us about the facts prevailing in the market.

S. Sundaresan,

General Manager, Tiruchi District Co-opertive Milk Producers’ Union

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