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The road between Erangatoor and Bhavanisagar (about 8 km) in Sathyamangalam Taluk, Erode district, is damaged. This stretch should be widened and blacktopped. G.N. Devaraj Bhavanisagar Teach them valuesAmerican culture seems to be spreading in India. A 14-year-old student Abhishek Tyagi was killed by two of his classmates who pumped five bullets into him at an ‘elite’ school in Gurgaon. It is not uncommon to see students fighting with each other, at times resulting in fatal injuries. But this is probably the first time a cold-blooded murder was committed by school children. What has become common in the US has now taken roots in India. ‘Elite’ schools teach children to be competitive and successful without infusing human values into them. It is time our educationists gave a serious thought to the increasing violence among school students. They should be taught the dictum of Albert Einstein: “Do not aim to be a person of success, but aim to be a person of values.” V.S.Venkatavaradan Salem Broad and narrowSona College of Technology has of late become a venue for mega events, both indoor and outdoor. Hats off to the Sona management for their broadmindedness in providing their broad campus for the events. However, the narrow lanes which lead to the playground, hostel and college cause a lot of inconvenience to students, staff, visitors, the public etc. The management in cooperation with the Corporation authorities should come forward to widen the roads. R. Nagarajan Salem. Keep it in zooRecently a panther killed a small girl near her residence in Valparai Hills in the night. The animal was later trapped, tranquilised and released in the forest area at Top Slip. Once a panther tastes human blood, it will definitely try to attack human beings again for food. Since many tourists visit the Top Slip area, it would have been better if the panther was lodged in a zoo. The animal should not have been released in the open forest where tourists move in large numbers throughout the year. I suggest that it be identified, caught and sent to a zoo before it lays its teeth on an innocent human being again. M. Subramaniam Anaimalai, Pollachi. Why extra charge?I travelled from Valparai to Pollachi (it is a three-hour journey) on December 17 and 19 to make reservation for December 22 from Pollachi to Tuticorin in route bus No. 632 (Bus TN01 N6569). The reservation counter clerk asked me to come on December 20. I sent a person on that day to have the reservation done. The clerk told him told him that all seats were full. Then he demanded Rs. 25 instead of Rs.10 for a seat and collected Rs. 75 for three seats. I spent more than Rs. 150 only for reservation. Can State Express Transport Corporation Tamil Nadu Ltd. explain why the extra amount was taken for the reservation? J.S. Priscilla, Valparai. Social revolutionAll above 65 years and below the poverty line in Tamil Nadu will be entitled for pension. It will indeed be a social revolution if the scheme is implemented in letter and spirit. Pensioners have requested the Chief Minister to remove all legal hurdles raised by the government in the government order 371 of April 30, 1986 and refix the pension for all who retired on or after October 1, 1987. K.K. Lakshmanan, Coimbatore. Readers can mail to cbereaders@thehindu.co.in with address and telephone number.
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