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Garbage at Farmers’ Market

Farmers’ Market (Uzhavar Sandhai) in Hosur is one of the biggest in Tamil Nadu but is not properly maintained. There is no proper system to dispose of the garbage collected. All the garbage is disposed of just in front of the market. This is a residential area and the people are facing a big challenge when it comes to cleaning, as the municipality is not taking enough steps to address the problem.

Also the traffic at this place is terrible in the morning and there is no proper control mechanism. Because of this, many vendors have occupied the main road and a mini fish market is found just across the compound of Uzhavar Sandhai which defeats the whole purpose of the concept of Uzhavar Sandhai. Government authorities need to take proper steps to address these concerns.

V Srinivasan,

Hosur.

Postal delay

Thindal post office, hitherto functioning as a small branch post office, has now been upgraded into a sub-post office with increase in staff strength to cope with the workload. Sorting work is also done here. When this was functioning as a small branch office, due to dearth of staff, the letters were delivered to the addresses very late in the evening or on subsequent days. Unfortunately, the same trend continues even now in the new set up. The authorities may kindly look into this matter and ensure prompt delivery of letters in the future.

C. Bhaskaran,

Erode.

Traffic signals

A young marine engineer who had served on ships around the world recently came to his native place, Sathyamangalam, on leave. While he was on an early morning walk on Athany road, he was hit by a bike. The victim was severely injured and admitted to KG Hospital, Coimbatore. Traffic signals may be erected near the bridge at the junction of Mysore Trunk Road and Athany road near Bhavaneeswarer temple, near SPS petrol pump at the junction of Coimbatore road and Erode road, near Manikoondu, and at Kombupallam at the junction of Mysore Trunk Road and Tippu Sultan road to avert accidents.

G.N. Devaraj,

Bhavanisagar.

Chaotic traffic conditions

At the railway level crossing near the Udumalpet R.S, the traffic conditions are going from bad to worse. Approach roads to this railway gate have become unmotorable because of deep potholes. Rough stretches on the tarred surface are causing traffic hazards.

Both approach roads to gate have been laid in such a way that passengers and vehicles have to climb an elevation of about 10 feet amidst speed breakers. Once the gates are opened after the train crosses, all vehicles try to pass through the gates in opposite directions.

Due to the poor condition of the roads, it becomes difficult to use the crossing. Will the railway authorities expedite construction of R.O.bridge, sanctioned about two years ago, at the other railway crossing, which is about half a km from the one near R.S?

G. Chandrasekaran,

Udumalpet.

Temple problem

I refer to the report ‘Temple problem takes a new turn’ (Dated July 9). Pujas are offered to the Almighty and there is no scope for groupism or rivalry which are common in politics these days. What essentially is a divine matter is being politicized by the two groups in Kuruthukkulli. If they are patient and are keen on keeping up the dignity and sanctity of the temple, they should sort out their difference between themselves instead of taking the matter to third parties.

P. U. Krishnan,

Udhagamandalam.

End ragging

With the death of Navarasu in November 1996, the only son of a former vice-chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University in a brutal and fatal ragging incident in the Annamalai University Medical College Hostel and the rise of sympathy and sky-high waves of anger, we all hoped that the menace of ragging would come to an end in India, the land of Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest exponent of Ahimsa. But it did not stop. Laws were enacted and enforced to prevent ragging in institutions of higher education.

After the intervention of the Supreme Court and appointment of the Raghavan Committee to monitor measures to stop ragging in institutions of higher education, ragging had come down appreciably. It is distressing to see now and then the ugly head of ragging, as stray cases in some parts.As the poet Bharathi says, the youth of India should always remember that he is the great son of Bharath Matha.

T.N. Arthanari,

Salem. (Readers can mail to cbereaders@thehindu.co.in with address and phone number)

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