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Neglected park

Kamaraj Park in Kundah, which was inaugurated by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964, has not been maintained properly by the Electricity Board for the last few years. K. Kamaraj, when he was Chief Minister, had a power house constructed here.

It is not being maintained by the Board. Mr. Kamaraj was instrum-ental in establishing elementary schools in all remote villages of the state. But we have conven-iently forgotten his contributions.

B. Bellukutty,

Nilgiris.

Waste management

I refer to the news item ‘Waste management plan needed, says Association’ (July 24). As pointed out by the Public Awareness Association, waste management is one of the issues which needs to be tackled on a war footing in this hill station. Now that the matter has been brought to the notice of the District Collector one hopes it will receive the immediate attention of those concerned. Meanwhile, it will be helpful if pamphlets explaining the ‘dos and don’ts’ are distributed among the public.

P. U. Krishnan,

Udhagamandalam.

Power supply

Instead of disrupted power supply and zonal system for industrial units, undisrupted power should be given to industries in the day, suspending power supply to residents. Similarly, in the night residents should get undisrupted power, excluding the industrial units. This way the power supply can be adjusted equally for both the residential and industrial consumers.

G.N. Devaraj,

Bhavanisagar.

More buses needed

After the announcement about the conversion of the existing metre guage rail line into broad guage in the Dindigul-Coimbatore section in 2005-06, train services to Coimbatore in this section was suspended from May 2006 and the trains were terminated at Podanur. There are a number of passengers travelling from Udumalpet to Coimbatore during peak hours in the morning and the evening. It is reliably learnt that all existing trains in the Palani-Podanur section will be shortly suspended. Though Palani-Coimbatore buses touch Udumalpet, passengers who board the buses at Udumalpet have to stand on footsteps during peak hours. The broad guage conversion is likely to materialise only in 2010. Therefore, the transport department should immediately arrange to run at least 20 buses between Udumalpet and Coimbatore from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at regular intervals of 10 minutes.

G. Chandrasekaran,

Udumalpet.

Ration shop woes

People from all walks of life go to ration shops and stand in queue for long under the scorching sun. Facility to attend nature’s call should be provided to these people.

M.S. Sankaran,

Palani.

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