Tamil Nadu

A street in a woeful state

Once a metalled stretch, the First Street of South Street extension at Singarayar Colony is in a pathetic state now.

Besides being slushy during rain, this once 30-feet-road has been encroached by shops put up by automobile mechanics.

They also cause nuisance to residents.

Since the whole road has been taken over by these workshops, fumes and noise emanating from them pose a health hazard to residents. Further, the road is used as a parking lot for autorickshaws and two-wheelers.

It has also become a haven for idlers and loiterers who take vantage points to do ‘people watching,’ making girls and women feel unsafe to walk through the road during day and night.

Will the Corporation authorities look into the dilapidated condition of the road and macadamize, upgrade it and remove the unauthorised occupants and bring peace to the residents? It is high time the law enforcing authorities also looked into this matter in earnest to clean the Aegean stables and make the road ‘user friendly.’

J. Christopher Daniel,

Madurai

I am a resident of Ellis Nagar for more than 25 years. This area is calm and cosy but for garbage that is removed once a month.

Hence every street corner is filled with mounds of crushed bottles and used plastic bags.

For the welfare of residents of Ellis Nagar, I urge the authorities to see to that garbage is removed every day.

G. Alan,

Madurai

Speed breakers have been laid recently on Rathinasamy Nadar Road in Bibikulam, close to the bus stop.

Most of the city buses halt more or less on the speed breakers, causing inconvenience to pedestrians and vehicles coming in both directions.

It is wise to remove the speed breakers to avoid congestion and minor accidents.

I request the department concerned to remove the needless speed breakers.

R.G. Rethinam,

Madurai

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board must issue bills and remind consumers the due date of payment as is being done by the Telecom Department.

Without such an arrangement in place, an EB employee comes and disconnects the power connection for non-payment of bills before due date. Even after paying the fine and fee for reconnection, one has to search for a lineman for reconnection. Though the court has condemned such disconnection, this practice goes on unchecked. There are media reports of crores of rupees pending for payment. One wonders how it happens when immediate disconnection is done for non-payment!

A. Vivekanantham,

Madurai

The act of a couple who walked away with a plasma TV from the room of a business class hotel in the city after checking into it was a cruel deception. The ease with which the couple took the hotel staffers for a ride and got the autorickshaw also hired through them on the pretext of going to a temple and subsequently to go away with the TV had exposed the vulnerability of the latter to trickery. This confirms that thieves are always cleverer than the guardians.

It is said that stealing is more than a craft. It is in fact a fine art, in practice from time immemorial, with lots of innovative techniques to keep up with the times. It also thrives, notwithstanding the punishments under law.

To prevent recurrence of incidents of this kind, it is advisable for the hotels to allot rooms only on production of valid documents to establish identity, besides setting up closed circuit televisions at vantage points, as suggested by the police.

V. Krishnamoorthy,

Madurai

People living in and around Tiruchi, Manapparai, Dindigul, Kodai Road and Madurai welcome the introduction of Express Train (No. 695) from Tiruchi to Madurai in the morning and Madurai to Tiruchi in the evening (Train No. 696), more so the proposal to link this train to Rock Fort Express at Tiruchi for Chennai-bound passengers.

Since this train comprises only one unreserved second-class coach and the rest being a/c and sleeper coaches, people are forced to pay an abnormally high fare.

It is suggested that two reserved and one more unreserved second-class coaches or chair car coaches may be attached to the train. This will best serve tourists and pilgrims visiting Madurai and Tiruchi.

R. Pandithurai,

Madurai

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