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Railway facility - Reader's Mail

Chennai-Coimbatore Cheran Express should be extended up to Mettupalayam. Electrification of the Coimbatore-Mettupalayam section and laying of the Mettupalayam-Chamrajnagar line should be done immediately. Senior citizens get a concession of 30 per cent in train travel. The concession should be extended to surcharge and reservation and berth charges. One more Express train should be introduced from Mettupalayam to Chennai under the name ‘Marina Express’. Incidentally, Mettupalayam railway station is 100 years old.

B.A. Vadooth,

Mettupalayam.

This is with reference to the report ‘Yellow circles on city roads’ to caution motorists and others. This is a good idea. I suggest that yellow circles be for the accident survivors and red circles for those who lost lives in accidents.

A. Vellingiri,

Coimbatore.

Recently the transport department conducted surprise checks in omni buses to detect tax evasion. Motor Vehicles Act permits omni buses to carry passengers with only accompanied luggage. But most of the omni buses carry motor pumps, huge stationery, utensils and other heavy commodities in violation of the Act. Loading and unloading of goods cause delay and passengers have to suffer a lot of inconvenience. The transport department should strictly check not only tax evasion but other offences too.

M.V. Namby,

Coimbatore.

Erode is facing acute coin shortage. There is scarcity of one rupee coin everywhere in the town. It is not easy to get balance from hotels, shops or bus conductors unless we pay them one or two one-rupee coins. Some hotels and shops have displayed boards that coins will be purchased on payment of commission. Before the situation becomes worse, banks should rush to the rescue of the public and release sufficient quantity of coins of smaller denomination for circulation.

Radha Bhaskaran,

Erode.

Ayudha Puja was celebrated by traders and business communities in a grand way. As part of the celebration, pumpkins were broken on the roads, despite a ban on that to avert accidents. It is not enough to enact a law, it should be enforced too. Otherwise, the very purpose of enacting a law will be defeated.

C. Bhaskaran,

Erode.

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