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Tamil Aikya Sangam plea to Chief Minister

Staff Reporter

KOCHI: The Tamil Aikya Sangam, in a memorandum to Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, has requested permission and space to build a Tamil medium school here.

Its other demands include houses for financially backward members of the community, financial support for students, reservation for Tamil students in higher classes, and implementation of Tamil as a subject in select educational institutions in the State.

It has also called for distribution of ration cards and identity cards to all Tamilians living in the city.

It has called for construction of a night shelter for Tamil labourers and starting bus services from the city to Thiruchantoor, Rameswaram, Sivakasi and Sankarankovil.

The memorandum was presented to the Chief Minister by N. Chappanimuthu, president of the Sangam, and other committee members.

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