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Erecting dais on road, a hassle for public

R. Arivanantham

It has been obstructing free flow of traffic and a causing nuisance to people visiting headquarters hospital

Photos: N. Bashkaran

Free for all:A stage is getting ready on Mahatma Gandhi Road for the DMK's public meeting on Thursday. (Right) Electricity drawn from a TNEB overhead line near the RDO Office on Old Bangalore Road in Krishnagiri. —

KRISHNAGIRI: Erecting dais for public meetings by political parties on the roads have been become a regular affair.

Private property

Roads are not their private property and it has been creating a traffic bottleneck and causing inconvenience to the public, laments a few passengers waiting for town bus on Mahatma Gandhi Road, a main thorough fare leading to the district headquarters hospital and old bus stand where a dais has been set up by a political party.

Passengers waiting at the bus wanted the the police and district administration to put an end to such kind of public nuisance.

Ambulances

The most affected are ambulances which could not reach the hospital on time. It had travel the narrow path.

When contacted by The Hindu, Deputy Superintendent of Police J. Lakshmanasamy said that permission was accorded to the political party to erect the stage but not to that extent i.e. occupying three-forth of the road.

Social workers said that the police instead of giving permission to hold public meetings on the middle of the road can suggest holding the meeting at an alternative site, near the Coronotion grounds.

They also pointed out that such kind of violations vary from party to party.

Meanwhile, Finance Minister K. Anbazhagan would address the public meeting organised by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Thursday, says a release from T. Senguttuvan, MLA and District Secretary of the party.

Mr. Anbazhagan will also participate at the Ifthar programme organised by the Krishnagiri Municipality at the Government Boys Higher Secondary School in Krishnagiri, says a release from B. Farida Nawab here on Wednesday.

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