The Hindu : Readers' Mail

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, Jan 12, 2004

Kerala

Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

Readers' Mail

The site for the Karamana Post Office has been lying vacant for the last 20 years. (See letter `Building for post office')

Cardiology unit at GH

Sir,--The proposal to setup a full-fledged cardiology block at the General Hospital with the financial assistance of the State Co-operative Bank (SCB) is a welcome move. As the proposal aims for a full-fledged cardiology unit, it will have Angiogram and other surgical facilities including the open-heart surgeries one can expect. Really, it will be a boon for the common man especially those residing in Thiruvananthapuram city and nearby areas.

As the financial assistance is given by the SCB, there arises a genuine doubt, whether the proposed cardiac unit is under the Health Department or under the control of Cooperative Department.

K.P. Ashok Kumar

Pattom

Poultry waste

Sir,--Recently, there has been mounting public awareness on the need to keep the city and its surroundings clean. The cleanliness drive has at last through with public cooperation and support. But the activities of certain anti-social elements might seriously hamper such progress.

Earlier, operators of certain poultry farm in the city used to dump waste material in the `main dumping areas' including the roadside of the Ulloor-Kesavadasapuram stretch and the Medical College area. Now they are dumping the waste in residential colonies of Pongummood and surroundings regions, in some cases right in the middle of the road. They bring the waste in carrier autorikshaws after about 8 p.m.

The organic waste material is potentially toxic and if allowed to remain, emanates a foul smell that persists for days to end. Can the authorities concerned help remedy the situation by monitoring the waste disposal of poultry farms and terminate the licences of those who do not have proper waste management systems?

Joel G. Mathews

Medical College

KSRTC drivers' fitness

Sir,--The number of people being knocked down on roads by KSRTC buses should put those holding charge of this white elephant set up to shame. Apparently, these accidents are by and large due to rash and negligent driving.

While it is admitted that the road traffic density is rather high, a careful driver would get rid of various traffic bottlenecks by exercising all norms of traffic laws, unlike many others who take it for granted that they are the masters of the roads by their lop-sided driving methods.

It is high time that the KSRTC authorities had a through screening of all their drivers for their functional efficiency-cum-physical fitness, rather than allowing them to play with the lives of innocent road users.

Misusing public taps

Sir,--While one can accept public taps in areas which are inhabited by those under the Below Poverty Line, the availability of public taps in the middle level income groups areas cannot be justified. In the latter case, the public water is used for cleaning cars and watering gardens of nearby homes. There is therefore a strong case to plug permanently public taps now functioning within the corporation limits in areas occupied by middle income and high-income group residents. The recent announcement of the Water Resources Minister regarding rain waster harvesting is commendable.

Captain (retd.) O. Mathai

Building for post office

Sir,--The Karamana post office, which was established 75 years ago, is functioning in a rented building. No building of its own has been constructed so far. The Postal Department authorities had acquired about 20 cents of land on the National Highway side at Karamana for the construction of the Karamana post office building, about 20 years ago. The plot is still lying idle.

The locals, for want of sufficient space to move about in the present building in which Karamana post office is functioning, are experiencing various difficulties. Long queues may be seen in front of the post office for remitting telephone bills. Hence, it is necessary to have a building of its own for the post office in the plot purchased by the department.

V.G. Balakrishnan

Karamana

Pattom

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