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FREE892nd Issue : July 21 - 27, 2012Vol. 18, No. 8

MAMBALAM TIMES July 21 - 27, 2012Page 2

T. NAGAR BAZAARBy RANDOR GUY

Tamil Cinema and Music - 22

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Music for the movie ‘Udayanan Vasavadatta’ was composed byPapanasam Sivan and the up-and-coming music director C. R.Subburaman. The film had fifteen songs, out of which GNB sangseven in addition to a couple of duets. Those had, in fact, beencomposed for M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and some had evenbeen recorded by him, but the recording exercise was again gonethrough with GNB. But somehow the music did not jell and createdno impact.

And then GNB bade goodbye to movies. Even though he was morehandsome than most heroes of his day and sang well, he did not makean impact as a film actor. “He took direction well and, as we wentalong, he was improving as an actor. Actually I expected him tobecome a successful hero but somehow it did not seem to happen”,Ellis R. Dungan, who directed him in ‘Sakunthalai’, told this writer ina long chat in 1994.

A major drawback of GNB was his predominantly Brahmin accentwhich he could not shed in spite of his best efforts. With his looks,charm, singing talents and skills, GNB could have gone a long way inTamil Cinema but sadly he did not. Well, that’s the way the ballbounces in movies, and in life!

MLV - A HOMAGEMadras Lalithangi Vasanthakumari was born in 1928 into a

musical family. Her mother was Lalithangi, a noted musician of herday and father was Ayyasami Iyer, a scholar and teacher of music.Thus music was in her genes and she began to learn classicalCarnatic music even as a tiny tot. As an attractive lass sheaccompanied her mother in her concerts singing seconds (‘pinpaattu‘). In her teens she became the disciple of GNB and it was a turningpoint in her life and career. She imbibed all that was best in her guru’smusical genius and added her own to the inheritance.

(During the early 1990s, this writer made a two-part (60-minute)TV Serial on MLV, ‘Thiraivaanil Oru Isai Thenee!’ telecast byDoordarshan Kendra, Madras. It was very well received and wonmuch praise. In it, R. Krishnamurthy (her husband) and Srividya (herdaughter) spoke on camera about MLV with much emotion. V. N.Sundaram, P. Leela and Tamil film star G. Sakunthala (for whomMLV sang in Ellis R. Dungan’s hit and cult film ‘Manthiri Kumari’) alsospoke recalling their association with MLV.)

MLV was to have acted in M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar’s ‘comeback’- movie ‘Raja Mukthi’ (1948) which was made in Poona (nowPune). After Bhagavathar was arrested in December 1944 for hisalleged involvement in the sensational and historic Lakshmikanthammurder case, he underwent a 30-month term in prison and wasacquitted as ‘Not guilty’ in April 1947. Then he promoted his own filmunit ‘Narendra Pictures’ and the first film was ‘Raja Mukthi.’ MLVwent to Poona for acting but, for many reasons, she chose not to actand instead she took her bow as playback singer in this film. She sangduets with Bhagavathar and the songs became popular while themovie itself flopped in spite of its prophetic title.

MLV sang ‘ Kulakodi thazhaikka’(raga Ramapriya); ’EnnaAanandham’ (Simhendramadhyamam, duet with MKT);‘Santoshamaai anbar’ (duet with P. Bhanumathi); ‘Araro ’(Yamankalyani) and ‘Ingum angum’ (Madhyamaavathi, duet withMKT).

The lyrics were by Papanasam Sivan and C. R. Subburaman wasthe music director. Unusually in this film there was a ‘song trainer.’That was Alathur Sivasubramaniam, one of the two famous AlathurBrothers. The director was the well-known filmmaker of 1930-1940s,Raja Chandrasekhar who had directed MKT in the hit film ‘AshokKumar’ (1941).

One of the immortal classical Carnatic music-based melodies ofTamil cinema is the evergreen hit song ‘Ellaam inba mayam’, sungas a duet by MLV and P. Leela in the film ‘Manamagal’ ( 1951)produced and directed by the cult-figure and comedian supremo, N.S. Krishnan.

(To be continued)

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By Our Staff ReporterThe wheels of a lorry (TN 21

W 3435) loaded with about 6.5tonnes of sand got stuck in animproperly filled trench whichhad been dug by MetrowaterBoard workers on GovindanRoad, West Mambalam early

Lorry wheels get stuck in improperlyfilled trench

on July 18. The sand was beingtransported from Maduravo-yal to Adyar. Later sand fromthe lorry was used to fill thetrench and the lorry was liftedwith a crane from the trench inthe afternoon.

The driver told Mambalam

Times that the trench on 11th

Avenue in Ashok Nagar hasalso not been cordoned off prop-erly to caution motorists of thedanger.

A number of MTC buses andschool and college vehicles usethe road.

By Our Staff ReporterFollowing the report ‘Vacant plot causes nuisance for residents’ (June 23-29 issue), the bushes on the vacant plot on

Vijayaraghava Road, T. Nagar have been cleared.Residents had complained that the plot was being used as a rubbish dumping spot and public convenience for years. Anti-

social elements were also frequenting the plot.

Plot cleaned following report in Mambalam Times

By Our Staff ReporterSevas (50, Dharga Road,

Rajaji Nagar, Pallavaram)sends volunteers for week-longservice to pilgrims in Tirumalastarting on Sundays and end-ing on Saturdays.

Men and women who arephysically fit and are willing tostay in Tirumala for a week arewelcome to offer their servicesfor 6 hours everyday.

The work will be of supervi-sory nature.

Accommodation, lunch anddinner will be provided free ofcost.

They can have specialdarshan of Lord Venkates-wara.

Travelling expense and thecost of breakfast must be borneby the volunteers.

Those interested can con-

Calling volunteers for freeservice in Tirumala

tact Nalini Ravikumar (18/43,Jubilee Road, West Mamba-lam) in 99621 53644, L. S. V.Mahadevan (98411 76386), P.Sundaram (98417 26695) orD. Gopinath (94442 09751).

Special pooja forTulasidasBy Our Staff Reporter

Sanjeevini Peetam (16/45,BRP 1st Street, West Mam-balam) has organized a specialpooja at 6 p.m on Wednesday,July 25 as part of celebrationof Saint Tulasidas Jayanthi(author of Sri HanumanChalisa).

Prizes will be presented towinners of Sri HanumanChalisa competition.

More details can be had inphone 90435 68941 or visitwww.sanjeevinipeetam.com.

Drawing contestfor school students

Lions Club of Perambur andNew Sunflower Trust (AryaGowda Road, West Mamba-lam) have organized a drawingcompetition on ‘Say no to to-bacco’ for students of Stds. 1 to12 at 10 a.m on Saturday, July28 in Chennai Higher Second-ary School, K. R. Koil Street,West Mambalam.

There is no entry free.More details can be had in

phones 98417 94548 and93810 14473.

Free mathscoaching forStds. 9, 10 students

Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15,Bharathi Street, West Mam-balam) will conduct free math-ematics coaching classes forStd. 9 and 10 students at 5.30p.m on Tuesdays and Thurs-days.

More details can be had inphone 94440 34917.

Lecture on‘Sthotra Ratnam’tomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of SriMalola Vageesa Vani (174,Habibullah Road, T. Nagar),Dr. S. Padmanabhan (Profes-sor of Sanskrit, University ofMadras) will give a lecture on‘Sthotra Ratnam’ at 3 p.m onSunday, July 22 in its pre-mises. All are welcome.

More details can be had inphone 2814 3406.

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Mayor Saidai S. Duraisamyinaugurated the facility forpayment of property tax inIndian Overseas Bank (Ran-garajapuram Branch), Kripa-

Pay property tax in banks

sankari Street, West Mamba-lam on July 18.

Assessees will be able to payproperty tax in cash or bycheque/demand draft at coun-

ters in 74 branches of IndianOverseas Bank, 31 branchesof City Union Bank and 41branches of Karur VysyaBank.

Chennai Corporation hadsigned a Memorandum ofAgreement with 8 banks lastmonth to enable walk-in pay-ment of the tax.

Other banks that will acceptpayment are IDBI, HDFC,Canara Bank, ICICI, AXISBank. Over 255 more branchesof these banks will soon startaccepting payment of propertytax.

Chennai Corporation hadlaunched the walk-in paymentfacility on a trial basis in 2003in the old city limits.

P. Benjamin (Deputy Mayor)D. Karthikeyan (CorporationCommissioner), LIC M. Mani-ckam (Chairman, Ward Com-mittee, Zone (9), PadminiSundaram (Councillor, Ward135) and top officials of IOBwere present.

Sweet pongal prepared in temple

By Our Staff Reporter

Hundreds of devotees pre-

pared and offered sweet pongal

to the presiding deity of Sri

Moopathamna Temple,

Maharajapuram Santhanam

Salai, T. Nagar on the occasion

of the 1st Friday of Aadi month

on July 13.

There was a huge crowd of

devotees in the temple.

By Our Staff ReporterAn old tyre has been placed in the opening on a stormwater drain at the junction of G. N.

Chetty Road and Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar to caution road users.

Tyre used to caution road users

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Sai bhajans on3 days a weekBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Sathya Sai Samiti, T.Nagar conducts Sai bhajansevery week in the followingvenues in T. Nagar:

Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N.Chetty Road (near PanagalPark, Vijaya Bank building):Saturdays, 5 p.m.

Ayurvedasramam, 155, G.N. Chetty Road (near PanagalPark), Mondays, 6 p.m.

50/38, Motilal Street (oppo-site Ranganathan Street),Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

All are welcome.More details can be had from

D. Srinivasa Rao (9840050875) or C. Ramamurthy(94440 54819).

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MAMBALAM TIMES

Roadside eateries must follow hygienic practicesBureau of Indian Standards

(BIS) has announced guide-lines for roadside eateries andfast food shops in the countryand sent it to the National FoodSafety Authority. (MambalamTimes had carried a report onroadside eateries last week).

If implemented, street foodvendors will be forced to adoptbetter hygienic practices.

All mobile and fixed roadsideeateries will come under thepurview of guidelines under IS2492, the hygiene standard forrestaurants. Quality of rawmaterials for food preparation,transportation and storage offood items, locations of streetfood stalls, etc will be checkedunder the new guidelines. Cur-rently, street food vendors donot adhere to any guidelines orstandards for food safety.Many of them are situated neardrains and dustbins. Even thecooking oil is procured fromeateries which sell their usedoil to roadside vendors. And thefood is stocked in shabby con-ditions, putting at risk thehealth of consumers.

K Anbarasu (Deputy Direc-tor General, BIS, SouthernRegion) said that hygiene indensely populated areas is stilla challenge for health initia-tives. “The new guidelines andstorage rules for water, milk,

tea or coffee powder, fruits,vegetables and meat are ex-pected to bring an importantchange in street food opera-tions”.

“Kitchen utensils and cut-ting tools should be clean anddisinfected. Personal hygieneof vendors will also be checked.Use of newspapers for pack-aging will be stopped,” said aBIS official.

BIS officials said food inspec-tors from local bodies should

enforce these guidelines forthousands of such shops in thecities. However, senior officialsin the Chennai Corporationsaid there is a huge shortage ofmanpower in the Food Safetyand Control Department. “Weare short of staff to even con-duct inspections based on writ-ten complaints. Without ap-pointing adequate officers, itwill be difficult to enforce thenew guidelines,” said a seniorofficial.

In Chennai, a majority of thepoor depend on street food asrestaurants are beyond theirreach. Sumesh Jha, a con-struction labourer who hasbeen staying in Chennai forfour years, says he gets achicken biriyani for Rs. 35 froma street vendor in Egmore.“When I get Rs. 350 for a day’swork, how can I spend Rs. 100or 150 for a biriyani from arestaurant?” he asked. Reportcourtesy The Times of India

Travel agent dupes siddha practitioners

By Our Staff ReporterAbout 70 siddha practitio-

ners from Tiruppur, Coimba-tore and Palladam werecheated of about Rs. 58 lakhs

by Runway Air Travels (1st

Street, Chintamani, EastAnna Nagar) on the promise oftaking them to attend theWorld Siddha conference in

Malaysia starting on July 21on payment of Rs. 8000-Rs.9000 each for return tickets.

They were asked to transferthe money to the travel agent’sbank account.

Police are searching forAnnadurai, Issac Selvaraj andSenthil Kumar who opera-ted Runway Air Travels.

The group of siddha practi-tioners, led by SampathKumar of Coimbatore, was di-rected to assemble in a com-munity hall on Nana Street, T.Nagar on July 11 and told thatthe agent would come to escortthem to the airport for the earlyJuly 12 flight.

When nobody showed up tilllate in the evening, SampathKumar tried calling the agents.When no one responded, hebecame suspicious and calledthe police. Police could not findthe agents in their address.

By Our Staff ReporterThe stretch of Burkit Road

between its junctions with

‘No entry’ rule floutedwas made two way to enablevehicles to turn left intoMooparappan Street fromVenkatanarayana Road andproceed towards T. Nagar busterminus.

But vehicles can be foundflouting the one way rule andentering Burkit Road beyondits junction with MooparappanStreet though a ‘no entry’ signhas been installed at the junc-tion.

Stormwater drain work isalso in progress in BurkitRoad.

Dhandapani Street and Ven-katanarayana Road was madeone way with entry from

Madley Road junction when theUsman Road flyover wasopened.

Later the stretch betweenVenkatanarayana Road andMooparappan Street junction

Sarees for 200‘sumangalis’on MondayBy Our Staff Reporter

R. M. Devanatha Desikan(Founder, Srimath RamanujasWelfare Organization, 173/79,Narayana Mandram, LakeView Road, West Mambalam)will present 9 yard sarees to200 ‘sumangalis’ at 4 p.m onMonday, July 23 in PandiyanHall, Station Road, WestMambalam as part of 13th yearThiruvadipuram Mahotsa-vam and Andal Thirukkalyanamahotsavam.

There will be bharathanat-yam performance, bhajansand sthothra paarayanam onthe occasion.

Devotees may contribute incash or kind for the function.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phones 2371 7895, 9444332435 and 98415 02313.

Discourses on‘Saisath Saritha’By Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of SriShirdi Sai Meditation Mandir(6, Sarojini Street, T. Nagar)there are discourses on ‘SriSaisath Saritha’ at 6.30 p.mon Sundays in its premises.

T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder)told Mambalam Times thatmass spiritual healing is con-ducted at 7.30 p.m on Thurs-days and Sundays.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phones 2643 2323, 4212 5118and 94444 53777.

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By M. A. SADANANDNO HOLDS BARRED

To those fellows like me who hate deathsentence as the lurking bestiality from thestone age, whether it is Surjeet Singh orSabarjit Singh who escaped the noose, a roundof rasagolla to the accompaniment of thebirds chirping at dawn is an energiser.

I love life so much that I can’t squash evena dirty cockroach stealing in through thebathroom drain cover to start a hundred pluscolony in my home.

When our TV media fell over each other togladden my heart with the news of Sabarjit’simminent homecoming after his Pak jail so-journ of dozens of years, all they perhapsheard was “Singh” and assumed that allSinghs in Pak jails will be exchanged for thebrave new world’s heroes like Kasab, the lonesurvivor of the killer squad. Well, somebodymade an ass of himself by emulating good oldShakespeare and asking himself “What’s ina name ? Sarabjit is as good or bad as Surjeet.”This mix up of killer names must have plungedthe Sarabjit family to the depths from thehope so artificially created. Do I hear somefame hunting lawyer smelling a juicy P.I.Lsuit against the TV and other news media forthe soap bubble hope that they created whilethe Pak chaps were laughing themselveshoarse and silly at the joke.

Whatever be the hangee’s name, he de-serves the commutation as an act of recom-pense and grace from Pakistan which, of late,is fencing with its Supreme Court. The gradu-ation from the rule of flaw to the rule of law,now that soldiers are not rulingPakistan, would turn would-be-Kasabs tosaner ways to earn a living, without follow theRoman hero Casca who plunged the daggerinto Caesar with the salutation, “Speak handsfor me”.

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By Our Staff ReporterThis dried up tree on Govindan Road, West

Mambalam needs to be axed before the mon-soon sets in.

Dried tree needs to be axed

MAMBALAM TIMESJuly 21 - 27, 2012 Page 7

Classified Advertisements under the heads Accommodation Required,Old Age Home, Marriage Hall, Mini Hall, Real Estate (Buying & Selling) and Rental will be published on

this page. The charges are Rs. 500 (upto 35 words); Bold Rs. 750. Ashok Nagar- K.K. Nagar andMambalam- T.Nagar Editions; Display: Rs. 240 per col. centimeter. Each advertisement of Real Estate

and Rental must relate to only one house / flat. Advertisement will be received upto 1.00 p.m on Friday.

SPECIAL CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

ACCOMMODATIONWANTED

WANTED single bedroom,hall, kitchen, for lease Rs. 3 to4 lakhs, in & around AshokNagar & West Mambalam, fora small family, brokerswelcome. Ph: 90803 47461,95003 42560.WANTED 3 bedroom, hall, kitchen in Ashok

Nagar or West Mambalam, any floor with carparking, lift, no brokers. Ph: 94980 99108.

BACHELORACCOMMODATION

T. NAGAR, Pinjala Subramanian Road, nearPanagal Park, independent portion (2 persons canshare), spacious hall cum kitchen, attached bath,airy & tiled flooring, 24 hours water, 2-wheelerparking, brokers excuse. Ph: 2434 5209, 9445615209.

MINI HALLBALAGRAHA A/c Mini hall, 6/31, Veerasamy

Street (next to SRM Nightingale School), WestMambalam, for all functions at nominal rate. Ph:94449 18484, 2489 3884.

T. NAGAR, Sri Malola Mini Hall, New No.174, Habibullah Road, near KodambakkamRailway Station, available for small functions,non A/c. Ph: 2814 3406, 92831 12153,94446 38577.

WEST MAMBALAM, Mahadevan Street(State Bank Building), 2 Halls – Kamakshi MiniHall A/c (100 guests), Kamakshi Hall A/c (200guests) Newly opened. Ph: 4351 2233, 4351 2556,99404 54545, 94450 54545.www.kamakshihall.com.

SRS Mini Hall in Jubilee Road, WestMambalam, A/c, lift, generator, 24 hours water,security. Function Hall – 200 guests, dining hall –70 seats. Ph: 95001 44566, 95661 20832, 23700084. Website: www.srshall.com.

OLD AGE HOMEKEELKATTALAI, senior citizens home, 3 times

food, 2 times coffee, doctors attenders available,near bank, hospital, temple, food prepared byBrahmins, bedridden allowed, Rs. 6000 per month,attender needs Rs. 4000 per month. Ph: 9884056233, 98840 56203, 2247 3586.

SRI Vidya Old Age Home Trust, WestMambalam. We care for aged citizens (both menand women). Healthy, hygienic food and cleanaccommodation will be provided with motherlycare. Contact: B. Vijayalakshmi, Ph: 94459 98939,97154 26912, 2474 0886.

REAL ESTATE(BUYING)

REAL ESTATE(SELLING)

T. NAGAR, Motilal Street, near T. Nagar busterminus, 1 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 3rd floor, 20years old, 2-wheeler parking only, no brokers. Ph:99620 41455.

WEST MAMBALAM, Sathyapuri Street, nearsubway, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 690 sq.ft, 1st

floor, 20 years old, no car park, price Rs. 45 lakhs(negotiable). Contact: JSK Properties. Ph: 9940035874.

WEST MAMBALAM, Pushpavathi AmmalStreet, near Sankara Madam, 3 bedroom, hall,kitchen, 3 balconies, 1260 sq.ft, UDS 720 sq.ft, 1st

floor, open car park, 5 years old, full wood work,price Rs. 6200 per sq.ft (negotiable). Contact:Agent. Ph: Bala – 96001 67514, Prakash – 9840316532.

ASHOK NAGAR, 18th Avenue, brand new superdeluxe, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 730 sq.ft, 1st floor,vitrified tiles, covered car park, price Rs. 6000 persq.ft. Contact: Gentleman G. Velmurugan. Ph:98406 05716.

RENTALT. NAGAR, No. 23 & 24, Rajabathar Street,

Pondy Bazaar, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 1000sq.ft, 3rd floor, no lift. Ph: 96778 02132.

T. NAGAR, Sambasivam Street, 2 bedroom,hall, kitchen, 1250 sq.ft, 1st floor, 2 A/c, geyser, rentRs. 22000 (negotiable), no lift. Ph: 92821 06436,2815 7714.

T. NAGAR, Sivaji Street, near T. Nagar busterminus & railway station, 1 bedroom, hall,kitchen, 360 sq.ft, 3rd floor, bath attached, no lift,rent Rs. 6500, advance Rs. 40000, 2-wheelerparking, small family or bachelors only. Contact:Rao. Ph: 97907 24003.

T. NAGAR, Madley Road, near railway station& bus terminus, 1 bedroom, hall, kitchen, groundfloor apartment, bath attached, tiles flooring, rentRs. 6500, advance 5 months, family / bachelors /office also. Ph: 2433 3477, 98411 93685.

T. NAGAR, Pinjala Subramanian Street,independent house, 1 bedroom, hall, kitchen, amplewater supply, vegetarians only, visit on Sundayonly. Ph: 98846 87049, 2433 0696.

KODAMBAKKAM, Sundaram Villa, No. 5/2,Azeez Nagar 1st Street, near KodambakkamRailway Station, 2 bedroom hall, kitchen, 650sq.ft, ground floor, rent Rs. 13000, 2-wheelerparking only, 24 hours water. Ph: 2480 3453,95000 72786.

K. K. NAGAR, Munuswamy Salai, nearPondichery Guest House, 2 bedroom, 2 hall, 2balconies, kitchen, dining, pooja room, 2nd floorflat, expected rent Rs. 13000, no brokers. Ph:94443 67900, 2470 0202.

T. NAGAR, Senthil Flats, Old No. 23E, BurkitRoad, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 750 sq.ft, 1st floor,rent Rs. 16000, 2-wheeler parking only, visit onSunday from 11 a.m to 4 p.m. Ph: 98419 38393.

WEST MAMBALAM, V. S. Apartments, No.14/31, K. R. Koil Street, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen,850 sq.ft, ground floor, covered car park, Brahminsonly, family or bachelors. Ph: 89399 59949.

VIRUGAMBAKKAM, Elango Nagar, 1bedroom, hall, kitchen, 505 sq.ft, 3rd floor, lift, opencar parking, 24 hours double security, childrenplay area, near many schools and hospitals, familyor sharing. Ph: 96290 41421, 99520 36333.

WEST MAMBALAM, New No. 43, Old No. 14/1, South K. R. Koil Street, near Srinivasa Theater,1 portion, 600 sq.ft, ground floor, family / bachelors/ catering / office, lease Rs. 7 lakhs. Ph: 9380770752.

VALASARAVAKKAM, Ceebros,Radhakrishnan Road, 3 bedroom, hall, kitchen,1500 sq.ft, duplex apartment, gated communitywith gym, play area and covered car parking, rentRs. 20K. Contact: Propshelter. Ph: 91762 82548.

T. NAGAR, Natesan Street, near bus terminus,2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 800 sq.ft, ground floorflat, 2 attached bathroom, rent Rs. 15000, family /bachelors / spinster / office or godown. Contact:Krishnan. Ph: 96771 19137.

ASHOK NAGAR, 4th Avenue, 3 bedroom, hall,kitchen, 1100 sq.ft, 1st floor, car park, rent Rs.20000, vegetarians, bank officials. Contact: Mohan.Ph: 98408 73363.

WEST MAMBALAM, Rukmani Street, 2bedroom with aircons, hall, dining, independenthouse portion, 1350 sq.ft, full interior woodwork,covered car park, well & metro water, vegetariansonly, ready to occupy. Contact for inspection. Ph:98406 15528, 95001 98060.

Sir, - Traffic in Postal Colony3rd Street, West Mambalam hasbecome chaotic. Buses plying onArya Gowda Road turn into PostalColony 3rd Street to reach AshokNagar and K. K. Nagar. Shareautos stop at the entrance of thestreet near the post-office.

People, especially senior citi-zens who come to the post-officeto collect their pension find itdifficult to cross the road becauseof the heavy traffic.

I request the transport authori-ties to make the road ‘One way’.

LETTERS TO THE EDITORChaotic traffic

I suggest that vehicles comingfrom Ashok Nagar and K. K.Nagar go straight to 7th Avenue,Ashok Nagar and turn into 2nd or1st street of Postal Colony andreach Ayodhya Mandapam to easethe flow of heavy traffic.

There have been quite a fewaccidents due to continuous flowof vehicles. Recently, an elderlywoman fell down when she failedto notice a vehicle turning fromLake View Road into 3rd Street. -Gemini Shyam, 102/194, LakeView Road, West Mambalam

Sir, - Of late more and moreprivate organizations, tourist taxioperators, textile showrooms andbeauty parlours are installing ‘Noparking’ boards in front of themain entrance of flat complexesand along fences. Even schoolsand places of worship are notspared.

Unauthorized ‘No parking’ boardsThis practice is rampant in West

Mambalam.The police should keep a close

vigil and initiate stringent actionagainst such acts. Meanwhile, flatowners can themselves removesuch boards. – R. Ramadurai,35/2, Chakrapani Street, WestMambalam

Foundation courses forengineering entrance exams

Anugraham Classes (20 ManikkamStreet, West Mambalam) is conductingspecialised foundation coaching classesfor Stds. 8 and 9 students towards IIT-JEE.

The course includes regularclassroom lectures, tests, discussion

of test papers and prompt feedback onperformance, study materials andquestion banks. Interested parents andstudents can contact the Director orvisit www.anugraham.com fordetails. Ph: 2474 9441 / 2370 0696 /98843 06136.

With work on grid system ofroads under the mega city develop-ment mission gaining momentumin various parts of the city, ChennaiCorporation commenced trainingfor all its engineers by creating amodel of a standard speedbreakeron the premises of Ripon Build-ings.

The model speedbreaker hasbeen constructed according to In-dian Roads Congress (IRC) stan-dards and all new speedbreakerswill adhere to them.

The civic body had identifiedover 400 speedbreakers for rede-sign by incorporating safety fea-tures following the death of StateCo-operation Minister Sellur K.

Corporation createsmodel speedbreaker

Raju’s son in a motorcycle acci-dent at a speedbreaker on NSCBose Road a few weeks ago.

Most of the identified speedbre-akers were found to be badlydesigned and not adhering to IRCstandards. Over 30 speedbreakerswere found to be badly designed inSholinganallur zone. In northernzones such as Tiruvotriyur, mostof the 30 identified speedbreakerswere found to be unauthorised.

Work on new speedbreakerswill start after the training ses-sions. The Corporation is likely tocommence identifying spots alongthe newly-developed road gridswhere speedbreakers are required.Report courtesy The Hindu

In a bid to crack down onadulteration of petrol and diesel,the Tamilnadu Government autho-rized officials of several depart-ments on July 17 to take actionagainst those involved in fuel adul-teration, hoarding and other re-lated malpractices.

Assistant Commissioners of theCivil Supplies Department, all of-ficials of the rank of Tahsildarsand above in the Revenue Depart-ment, all taluk supply officers,inspectors and above in the LabourDepartment and Deputy Superin-tendents of Police and above in thePolice Department are authorisedto initiate action against the fuelmafia under the provisions of theEssential Commodities Act andMotor Spirit and High Speed Die-sel (Regulation of Supply and Dis-tribution and Prevention of Mal-practice) Order. The order is theoutcome of a proposal sent by theCommissioner of Civil Suppliesand Consumer Protection Depart-ment in this regard.

Adulteration of petrol and die-sel, both at points of sale andduring transportation, is rampantacross the country as there areseveral close substitutes for these

Crackdown on petrol, dieseladulteration

fuels. While kerosene is the com-monly used adulterant for diesel,naphtha is mixed with petrol. Atopen market prices of these fuels,adulteration of petrol helps save 20per liter and diesel 15 per liter. Various surveys have shownthat much of the petrol sold throughoutlets is adulterated and has amuch lower octane level than thespecified 87%. Many customersbuy fuel only from select pumps,most often from outlets owned andoperated by petroleum manufac-turing companies. It is estimatedthat pumps selling adulterated fuelearn a minimum of Rs. 25,000 aday. A study conducted by aprivate agency a few years agoestimated that about 30% of kero-sene supplied through the publicdistribution system in the countryfor domestic use is diverted foradulteration of diesel andblackmarketing. Apart from wreck-ing engines of new generationvehicles, adulterated fuel is also adrain on the State’s exchequer as itloses on sales tax. Theft of fuelfrom supply tankers is anotherrampant menace on highways.This is done by local outlaws inco-ordination with lorry crew.

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