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February 28, 2021 19:43 IST
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One-day bus pass
At the time of bus fare hike in January 2018, the one-day bus pass (₹50 pass) issued by the TNSTC to travel anywhere in Madurai for a whole day, was withdrawn. I request the TNSTC to issue the daily bus pass again.
M. Saravanakumar,
Under-utilised railway stretch
Nagercoil and Coimbatore are connected through two express trains running via Karur, Erode and Tirupur. The newly-laid broad gauge line between Dindigul and Palghat/Coimbatore is under-utilised but for Amirtha Express running between Madurai and Thiruvananthapuram via Pollachi and Palghat. In spite of several representations, no trains have been introduced on the Dindigul-Pollachi- Coimbatore/Palghat section. The crores of money spent on this project is not serving the common man and it is a loss to the railways. I request the railway authorities to operate more trains and make the best use of this stretch.
Minister inaugurates many projects
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Cooperation Minister Sellur K. Raju inaugurates work to sink a borewell at Solai Azhagupuram (ward 88) in Madurai on Friday. | Photo Credit:
G. Moorthy Cooperation Minister Sellur K. Raju inaugurated a community hall, library, and construction of paver block roads and borewell at zone 4 here on Friday, established using his MLA Constituency Development fund.
The Minister, along with Corporation Commissioner S. Visakan, inaugurated the laying of paver block roads in Sastri First and Second streets, and Nethaji Second, Fourth and Fifth Cross streets (ward 90), at a cost of ₹22.90 lakh. He said that six additional works for ₹75.15 lakh were to be completed.
Reader’s Mail
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January 10, 2021 21:05 IST
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Ordinary bus service
Of the hundreds of city buses in Madurai, only a few are ordinary service buses while the rest are ‘luxury buses’ with high fare. But 50% of the services in Chennai are ordinary. It is an irony that on seeing the poor condition of people in Madurai, Gandhiji started wearing only dhoti. The TNSTC Madurai division must increase the number of ordinary city bus services, as in Chennai, taking into account the large number of people belonging to the economically weaker sections in Madurai.
M. Saravanakumar,
Tejas Express
That the Chennai-Madurai-Chennai Tejas Express is not running to full capacity is a known fact. The railway authorities should provide stoppages at Dindigul and Villupuram and remove the stoppage at Kodai Road. Villupuram is a transit point to reach Puducherry and the train service may be economically viable if these stoppages are provided.