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Andhra Pradesh

Separate counters at MMTS stations

At the outset, I thank the South Central Railway authorities for commissioning PRS counters at MMTS Stations, which will provide great relief to the passengers. Recently, I went to Lakdikapul station to reserve my journey ticket.

The counter clerk, who has also to issue MMTS tickets, informed me that she would take my form only after the departure of MMTS train scheduled around that time.

I request the SCR authorities to ‘maintain’ two counters in all the MMTS stations for issue of PRS tickets and MMTS tickets separately because a long wait near the counter may deprive a passenger either a RAC seat or confirmed berth including under ‘tatkal’ quota.

V. Srinivasa Prasad,

Hyderabad

Black paint on headlights

We are happy to find at least one sincere IAS Officer in Poonam Malakondiah who goes by the rulebook to contain road accidents involving motor vehicles (The Hindu dated 4.11.07).

Her concern is quite understandable.

Most of the vehicles, two wheelers to heavy vehicles, use headlights with high beam focusing mode from dusk time, not only on highways but on also on city roads, sans black paint or black stickers covering their top half.

This is one of the real and main reasons for many accidents caused on account of hitting road dividers or head on collisions with opposite vehicles.

While wishing for strict enforcement of the rule of blackening the top half of headlights of all vehicles, to obviate the blindness caused by the dazzle of headlights crossing them,

I request her to prevail upon the authorities concerned to paint fluorescent red colour on both sides of the road dividers, which run in a zigzag way in twin cities.

M.V.H.Rao,

Alwal

Dust pollution

I have gone through the article in your esteemed daily, on ‘City Pollution: road dust is villain’ by K. Srinivasa Reddy. He has rightly pointed out that next to vehicular emission pollution, road dust pollution accounts for a whopping 33 per cent. A number of remedial measures have been suggested like maintenance of the roads etc. but one important point, that is missed, is the enormous amount of avoidable dust pollution generated by the sweeping staff of the twin cities. Let me elaborate.

The staff is provided with conventional brooms with short-handles. While sweeping, these churn out plenty of fine dust all around. The dust irritates the nostrils causing allergic attacks, penetrates into households destroying sensitive electronic equipment and covers the internal areas and things with layers of dust. Dusting the house has become a permanent avocation.

If the intention is to collect odd bits of garbage on roads like dry leaves, paper pieces, plastic bags it can be done using reed type brooms with long handles which do a better job without churning out dust.

Besides, there is a humanitarian aspect too. The sweepers inhale fine dust all the while and subject themselves to respiratory and other diseases. Besides, always doing the work bending their backs, the staff is subjected to enormous strain.

Why not do away with these short brooms and replace them by reed type long handle brooms.

It is time the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Board takes up this issue and instructs the GHMC and others to stop this avoidable and unhealthy dust pollution.

M. Suryanarayana,

Durganagar Colony

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