Date:09/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/09/stories/2008060958230300.htm
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Tamil Nadu

Ranking system

Tamil Nadu Government’s policy of ranking only those candidates appearing for Plus Two examinations who have taken Tamil as their language and discarding others is irrational and unfair. Every year one observes many candidates who have opted for languages other than Tamil securing more aggregate marks than the one who is ranked state first. Our State has a sizable population of people speaking Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi etc. So students from such families opt for their mother tongue. The present system of ranking militates against natural justice.

M.R. Pillai,

Rupa Nagar.

Wall of shame

The State Government has done well in demolishing the wall at Uthapuram which separated people physically. But what about the psychological wall of separation? We all share a common human consciousness and there should be no wall between humans.

N. Ramachandhiran,

R.S. Puram.

Traffic flow

D.B. Road and R.S. Puram are rapidly growing commercial hubs. Since SBOA School has a branch on D.B. Road, when classes are over in the evening there is heavy traffic congestion. Right from the junction of Mill Road up to Cowly Brown Road vehicles are parked on either side of the roads. As the traffic flow is heavy on D.B. Road, parking of four wheelers on D.B. Road should be banned. Four wheelers should be parked at the burial ground and the school ground located abetting the Housing Board quarters near Cowly Brown Road.

M.V. Namby,

Kovaipudur.

Platform tickets

Earlier platform tickets used to be sold at the cloak room counter in the Coimbatore railway station. Now they are issued at the ticket counters. It is very difficult to purchase the platform tickets owing to heavy rush. It will greatly help the public if the authorities arrange to issue the platform tickets by some other arrangements.

S. Balasubramanian,

Ganapathy.

Fuel price hike

Everyone knew that the fuel price hike would come into effect from the midnight of June 4. Almost all petrol outlets in the city refused to supply petrol to two wheelers and four wheelers. When I approached a petrol outlet near Hopes College, it refused to supply me petrol and after pleading for nearly 10 minutes, I could get it for Rs.100. People are already reeling under the fuel price hike and acts like these by the petrol outlets are adding insult to injury.

Thiagarajan. B,

Avanashi Road. (Readers can mail to cbereaders@thehindu.co.in with address and phone number)

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