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THE REGULAR appearance of leaders on live television shows may sometimes create confusion among the rank and file. While the group squabbles were at its peak in the Congress, there were certain leaders who continuously appeared in talk shows airing the views of their faction. Most of them would go from one studio to another and rarely had time even to meet the camp followers or attend public meetings. Once the intensity of the skirmishes diminished, many of them gradually faded from limelight. When some Congress workers from the suburbs met a leader who frequently used to appear on a particular channel they could not hide their curiosity and asked him: "You are not seen on television these days. Have you quit the channel?" The leader tried to hide to his embarrassment in vain. Too late, he realised the danger of frequently appearing on television.
THERE COULD not have been a busier time for the city police constabulary. The curtains have gone up on the Kerala University Youth Festival. The `Flower and Fruit' show at Kanakakunnu is scheduled to commence on January 23. The Legislative Assembly is in session. The police are bracing for a spate of agitations and student violence in front of the Government Secretariat and the Legislative Assembly complex. Traffic management is also going to be pretty difficult this season, says an official. It could be continuous duty for the men. And with reports of crime at the venues of the World Social Forum in Mumbai trickling in, the police are taking no chances. Patrolling has been intensified at all youth festival venues. It is going to be a hard grind in the coming days for the police in the capital.
THE NEWLY-OPENED Baker Road from the VJT hall to the Jacob's Junction is a welcome diversionary route for vehicles trapped in the long traffic snarls along the M.G. Road. With neat markings, footpaths and side-walls, the road is held up as a model. But for some reason, the authorities have turned a blind eye to a danger lurking at the point where the road turns at a sharp right angle. The culprit is an electric pole jutting out into the road at an odd angle. Vehicles taking the route from Jacob's junction to the VJT hall often come up against the pole. Drivers have to swerve violently at the last minute to avoid the post. Last week, a couple of two-wheelers rammed into the pole during the load shedding time when the area was plunged into darkness. Luckily, the riders escaped with bruises. Even drivers who are familiar with the route find themselves being pulled up short as the pole unexpectedly looms right in front. Residents feel that a major accident should not be the catalyst for the authorities to relocate the pole to the side of the road.
G. Anand and T. Nandakumar
G. Anand and T. Nandakumar
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