The pipeline was damaged twice in the past few months
COIMBATORE: The Nava India junction on Avinashi Road has been inundated with drinking water after the main feeder pipeline from the Pillur Dam developed cracks.
Pipeline leaks have become a regular affair at the junction, said N Prabhu, a commuter. “The pipeline was damaged twice in the last few months. It started leaking after patchwork was carried out on the Avinashi Road ahead of the visit of chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami. It is posing a danger to motorists, who fail to notice potholes. Many have fell off vehicles. Also, street lights are not functioning at the junction,” he said.
PMK demands internal reservation for Vanniyars
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Party workers stage protests in Coimbatore and Tiruppur
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Party workers stage protests in Coimbatore and Tiruppur
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) workers staged a protest in front of the Coimbatore and Tiruppur Collectorates on Friday demanding 20% reservation for Vanniyars in government jobs and education institutions.
In Coimbatore, the protest was led by the party’s youth wing deputy secretary Ashok Srinithi. Around 100 cadre marched from the Thandu Mariamman temple on Avinashi Road to the Collectorate.
As the Coimbatore City Police stopped them in front of the Collectorate, the cadre raised slogans demanding 20% reservation within the MBC quota for Vanniyars. The protest was in response to a call given by the PMK leadership for a State-wide protest to highlight the demand.
Coimbatore: The Coimbatore Consumer Cause, a consumer organisation, has sent a letter to municipal administration minister S P Velumani, requesting hi.
Coimbatore: The search for Mahbub Basha, who was washed away in the Parambikulam –Aliyar project canal at Andipalayam near Pongalur on Friday, continued on Monday.
By Monday evening, the Tirupur south police and fire and rescue department personnel had searched 6km from the spot where he went missing. Now, three personnel are engaged in the search operation.
Basha, student of a private college on Avinashi Road, had took a dip in the canal with two friends on Friday. After he was swept away, the friends had alerted police and his parents Haseena and Thajtheen.
The parents on Monday approached the Tirupur collector and requested him to continue the search. “It has been four days since my son was washed away. Police and fire department personnel came to the spot when we called them. But they never even got inside water to search for him and just kept looking,” Haseena said. “I beg them to find and save my son.”
On an average, 5.5 lakh people used TNSTC buses per day this month and the corporation earned Rs 70 lakh per day, which is 70% of the pre-lockdown footfall and revenue.
COIMBATORE: Five months after the state government relaxed the lockdown norms and allowed the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) to resume bus service, the number of passengers has gone up in the district.
On an average, 5.5 lakh people used TNSTC buses per day this month and the corporation earned Rs 70 lakh per day, which is 70% of the pre-lockdown footfall and revenue.
While town buses resumed operations from September 1, inter-district buses were operated from September 7 in the state. The government allowed the buses to operate with 100% occupancy from December 7.