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Make it liveable

As part of the traffic reforms in the city, the district administration has decided to ban parking of vehicles within 50 metres of junctions and traffic signals. This will ensure a smooth flow of traffic. Parking of two-wheelers on Oppanakara Street between Shoba Corner and Raja Street junction should be disallowed. Pedestrian paths should be built on either side of the road.

N. Sivan,

Ramanathapuram.

The proposals of the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation to improve the healthcare delivery system to citizens are laudable. Given the city’s increasing population and the consequent congestion, effective steps should be taken to take care of the health of the city’s population. Priority should be to eradicate mosquitoes from the city. The worst affected are the poor who cannot afford to buy mosquito repellents.

A. Ranganathan,

NGGO Colony.

Fleecing by autorickshaw drivers continues in Coimbatore. The Government has not been able to enforce a regulated tariff for autos. Call taxis have offered some consolation to the harassed public. Of late call taxis too seem to go the autorickshaw way. Recently, I found many call taxis near Ramakrishna Hospital demanding Rs. 110 for a trip to Saibaba Colony near Sivasakti Theatre, whereas normal fare is around Rs. 65.

Some taxis had digital fare meters and others had no meters at all. Moreover, there is no uniform tariff for call taxis. Some charge Rs. 30 for two km and Re. 1 for subsequent 100 metres and others charge Rs. 35 and Rs.1.20 respectively. It seems taxis themselves have decided the fares which do not have the Government approval. Will the authorities concerned streamline the tariff for autos and call taxis?

S. Gopalan,

K.K. Pudur.

Civic authorities seem to have done nothing to eliminate stray dogs in the Saibaba Mission area. Packs of dogs prowl various main and cross roads in this locality. Many early morning walkers are caught unawares when the dogs emerge suddenly from darkness, start barking in unison and chase the walkers.

Some time ago, the Corporation authorities had said that the dogs would be sterilised. Sterilisation will only help in arresting growth of the stray dog population and it cannot put an end to the menace. The Corporation should take effective steps to protect the morning walkers, most of whom are aged, from dogs.

K.D. Viswanaathan,

Thadagam Road.

There are no adequate bus facilities from Udumalpet to Coimbatore. All buses coming from Palani bound for Coimbatore are thickly packed and commuters at Udumalpet have to use their might to get into them. Senior citizens, women and children suffer a lot because of this. There only very few buses plying between Udumalpet and Coimbatore. At least an additional 12 buses should run between Udumalpet and Coimbatore. The new buses should start services from Udumalpet.

R. Sivasubramaniam,

Gandhinagar.

Mofussil buses on Avinashi Road and Trichy Road make both the arterial roads congested and cause accidents. If all Tirupur buses are terminated at Singanallur, traffic on Avinashi Road and Trichy Road will be reduced. Coimbatore-Mettupalaym-Ooty buses should terminate at Tudiyalur and Annur Sathiyamangalam buses at Saravanampatty to reduce traffic in these sectors.

M.L. Rangarajan,

R.S.Puram.

In spite of good cotton crop this year, domestic cotton prices increase every day because of export of cotton and the gap between demand and supply. Unscheduled power cuts also contribute to production loss. Unless the Government takes steps to solve these problems, cotton spinning mills in Tamil Nadu will face a serious financial problem and labour unrest.

R. Viswanathan,

Nanjundapuram Road.

Efforts of the city traffic police to reduce accidents by placing portable steel barriers on some roads, especially on the Avinashi Road flyover, are commendable.

Owing to poor light on the roads these are not easily visible at night.

I suggest these be painted with fluorescent paint or fitted with reflectors.

V. Sagar Ghulati,

Thadagam Link Road.

A part of Kavundampalayam municipal area is named in the revenue department records as ‘Peons’ Colony’, which is an anachronism. Presumably, it was so named in the pre-independence era. Kavundamplayam is a fast-growing town with the potential of becoming an information technology centre.

The present name is a misnomer that needs to be changed.

It is time the revenue department changed the misleading name or dropped it.

S. Venkatachalam,

Kavundampalayam.

Of late, we find open trucks parked at important road junctions (Cowley Brown Road/Thadagam Road, Avanashi Road/RTO Office Road, for example) playing loud music and collecting money from all who stop at traffic signals.

Those who go around the parked vehicles with collection boxes are visually and hearing impaired.

When the traffic lights change and there is a heavy rush of vehicles, these poor, handicapped persons cannot get out of the way and meet with accidents.

I request the authorities to stop this before a disaster occurs.

Suresh Gokuldas,

Bharathi Park Road.

While accompanying corteges to the place of last rites, relatives and friends of the departed shower flowers. These flowers lay scattered on roads for a long distance. Pedestrians with sentiments feel it uneasy when they happen to step on them.

We better stop this practice.

B. Sripada Rajan,

N.G.G.O. Colony.

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