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Ask Shahnaz
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VOICE YOUR VIEWS: USE OF RING ROAD BY ALL BUSES
Boon

Ring Road is a boon for the people of Madurai. The traffic within the city limits gets decongested. Long distance vehicles ply undisturbed and for passenger, travelling time is reduced.

S.K. PANDIAN,

...


Non-cooperation

Use of Ring Road by all buses is a must to ease traffic congestion in the city. The purpose of Ring Road and Bypass Road is to ease the traffic and ensure free flow of vehicles. Bus-owners are not co-operating with the city police and Madurai ...


Appreciable

In this volatile situation of increasing traffic by the day, the move of making the buses ply on Ring Road is appreciable. If Ring Road is properly used, traffic snarl at Palanganatham (bus stand) road junction (during peak hours) can be ...


Widening

Ring Road needs to be further widened. Care should be taken to remove sand from either side of the road. Highway patrolling should be round-the-clock. There should be adequate lights on the road with emergency relief centres and passenger ...


Purpose defeated

Mattuthavani Bus Stand and the Ring Road were established investing crores of rupees and with the idea of reducing traffic in the city. But so far it has not served the purpose. Authorities did not give an ear and buses plying to the South ...


Bottleneck

Most of the city roads are narrow and encroached upon liberally. The traffic flow too is heavy and increasing by the day. Buses and lorries entering the city cause traffic jam and people, particularly office goers, are put to much hardship. ...


Courageous

The Ring Road was laid to decongest the city roads. But it was not properly used by buses and other vehicles. This has meant a considerable fiscal loss for Madurai Corporation. For meaningless and irrational reasons, the vehicles continue to ...


Under use

Government has spent a huge amount of money for the construction of Ring Road and Mattuthavani Bus Stand in order to reduce the volume of traffic within the city. So far, they have not been properly utilised. Only city and mini buses should be ...
Cinema

Sepia-tinted reincarnation
The 1960s and the 1970s still lure filmmakers


FOUR FRAMES
Digital invitation
After the marketing success of “Sivaji”, Kollywood producers are eager to make big budget films featuring superstars. Veteran producer Kalaipuli S. Thanu has jumped on the bandwagon with his Susi Ganesan-directed ...
Eerie thrills
K. R. Senthilnathan makes his directorial debut with an eerie thriller “Sivi”. The story is about a ghost who takes revenge on her killers. The film features up-and-coming actors such as Yogi, grandson of Thengai Sreenivasan, ...
Fun and frolic
Priyadarsan is back this Friday with “Dhol”, another remake from Malayalam. This time Priyan has taken one of the best comedies of the 1990s “In Harihar Nagar”, directed by Siddique Lal and remade it in Hindi with minor ...
Hollywood hit is here
The year’s biggest Hollywood hit, “The Bourne Ultimatum”, starring the dashing Matt Damon, releases at last in Chennai this Friday. It is the hottest movie in the pirated DVD market and it has baffled the trade why Paramount ...


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