Third Route to Ooty Remains Only on Paper Even After Six Years
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FOLLOW US ON facebook.com/ twitter.com/ thenilgirispost nilgirisPost youtube.com/ instagram.com/ Nilgiris Post thenilgirispostnews www.nilgirispost.com Edition - 6 Sunday, JULY 21 - 27, 2019 12 PAGES PAGES (5 - 8) COIMBATORE ESTABLISHED 2015 FREE / PRIVATE CIRCULATION Mohanlal starrer `Drishyam’ inspires murder; Munnar may go Ooty, Kodai way Heady threat: TASMAC spilling death youth killed by pals with encroachment regularisation in tribal areas 03 09 11 Third route to Ooty remains only on TOON CORNER paper even after six years Ooty Anish [email protected] The general public in Nilgiris are dissatisfied by the slow prog- ress of the administration in build- ing the third route to the hills. CoP lauds woman constable’s Tourist buses and other vehi- cles from Coimbatore and other presence of mind places come to Ooty through the Coimbatore: City Police Commissioner Su- heritage route of Mettupalayam, mit Sharan today appreciated the presence of Burliar, Coonoor , Kotagiri and mind of a woman constable in saving the life of Kunjappanai. Traffic congestion a 50-year-old differently able person, who had has increased day-by-day in this suddenly suffered severe chest pain a week route, particularly in Burliar, Coo- ago. noor and Kotagiri. The late Chief Minister J Jay- 2013. She gave the order to ease slow work, the regular mainte- The first grade constable Baby, attached to Also during stormy or rainy alalithaa had announced the con- traffic congestion and preserve the nance work on this route has also the Race Course Station, was on duty at the Dis- weather, mud and landslides on struction of a third route to Ooty natural beauty of the Nilgiris. been suspended. So the road from trict Collectorate on July 9. this route further hamper traffic through Manjur, Ketti, Mulli, Vel- Six years on, the scheme re- Manjur until 60 kilometres to Kara- She noticed a person, returning after sub- movement, inconveniencing visi- liankadu and Karamadai via Co- mains virtually on paper and no madai is in a very bad shape. mitting a petition to the office of District Col- tors and residents alike. imbatore in the state assembly in action has been taken. Due to the Continued On: Page 4 lector, suffering from severe chest pain and immediately gave first aid and sent him in an autorickshaw to the Coimbatore Medical Col- lege Hospital where he recovered, police said. Gudalur residents erecting solar-power fences The humanitarian service and presence of mind received wide appreciation from the general public present there. Lauding the ges- to keep wild elephants away ture, the COP Sumit Sharan,gave a certificate to il Nadu and Karnataka. The cultural lands. Many farmers Baby at the Commissionerate. Covai Post Network three states share forest re- are losing incomes and they serves of Mudumalai, Muth- have tried many ways to con- Residents in Gudalur have anga and Bandipur Tiger Re- trol the elephant movement. started building solar-pow- serve and thick forests. ered electric fences around The District Forest De- The route from Kerala to their living areas to protect partment is also working day Nilgiris to Karnataka, is prone If you want your articles/column/pictures/ themselves from wild ele- and night to chase away the to wild elephant movement. advertisement/ to be published, Contact elephants but without much phants. In Gudalur, depleting food [email protected] Gudalur town lies at the resources in forests make success. Ph No: 9791038350/ 9786845101 confluence of Kerala, Tam- the wild elephants raid agri- Continued On: Page 2 AITUC signs wage pact with Pricol Coimbatore: Coimbatore District Pricol Workers Welfare Association, affiliated to AI- TUC, has signed a five-year wage agreement with the company. Pricol, an auto component manufacturing major, had been witnessing labour problems for the last two years, following strike and also transfer of nearly 290 workers, belonging to AICCTU, which has majority in the 960 work- force. Since nearly 350 workers joined AITUC, al- ready having a strength of 300, the manage- ment entered into wage agreement with it, Tamil Nadu AITUC secretary M Arumugam told reporters here on Thursday. The agreement would be for five years, with annual increase in DA, increment, bonus and other benefits, including profit share, he said. The agreement was signed on the basis of strength of union and AITUC was always ready for a secret ballot to prove its majority, Aru- mugam added. COVAI POST 02 Sunday, JULY 21, 2019 www.NILGIRispost.com Plastic giving way steadily to cloth bags Umaima Shafiq and Paper Bags, at Ganapa- [email protected] thy said, “We make cloth bags for textiles, supermarkets, The ban on plastic prod- sweet shops, food counters ucts from January has seen and others. We are also sell- a spurt in sales of cloth bags ing craft paper bags and em- throughout Tamil Nadu. ploy 20-30 tailors. Personally, Coimbatore, a textile hub I feel that though Indians are and major exporter of cot- environmentally aware, they ton and jute bags to the US, will choose cheaper products, the UK and other Far Eastern unless a law is imposed to countries, now sees a surge in ban plastics. No wonder plas- its local sales. tic usage has risen over four Vigneshwar Palanisamy, decades.” owner of Pie Bags in Peela- Vigneshwar says though medu area, told The Covai the demand for cotton bags Post, “I was a design engineer has increased, suppliers are working in an MNC when the M Manikandan, owner of less as production takes time. Posture & Pain plastic ban was announced. As the 10-year-old Surabe Eco It is also costlier than plas- my friends and I wanted to do Bags at Singanallur, says, tic due to labour charges. Ignore this at your own peril... business, we decided to work “We make cotton and jute He says many of his custom- on this as it is eco-friendly and bags mostly for shopping. We ers like Isha Yoga Founda- Advertorial Does your work involve a lot of travel on would provide jobs for even source jute from Kolkata. Jute tion demand quality bags the road or working with Computers for long bags are durable and biode- eck pain and low back pain hours? homemakers. We did a small and often sell it at the same survey in Mumbai and Benga- gradable but costlier than price at their outlets. However, are some of the most common Do you use mobile phones or gadgets with- luru where these bags were cotton. We have cotton bags textile shops have to give free pains that occur in the popula- out caring about your body postures? tion these days. sold and realised that the raw for corporate gifting, ladies bags to their customers. And you don’t bother to exercise? Combined with poor ergo- material was mostly sourced handbags, lunch bags, tam- “It is painful to see them, Your chance of suffering from difficult neck nomics and lack of adequate from Erode. This could be got boolam (return gift) bags for using non-woven bags (kat- or low back pain in your lifetime is more than fitness, chances are that you are already a suffer- at low cost in Tamil Nadu. weddings. We mostly have ta pais) as cloth alternative, N 95%. Surprised? Indian customers and some er, or you are bound to suffer from this disturbing “We have set up two units that is non-degradable. So neck or low back pain. Yes, it is true!! Non-Resident Indians who in Manapparai and Madurai if the bigger textile chains buy in bulk here and take Ergonomics, a term used to describe the body employing about 40 women change, the entire industry posture in different circumstances, is one of the them abroad.” to stitch these bags. There are will change,” he says. crucial factors for the development of these five standard sizes for shop- Cloth bags also have good All agree that the water- pain issues. The human body is held erect by the ping and other purposes but online sales through websites proof quality of plastic can we also make customised like India Mart, Just Dial and never be replaced by cloth, If the body is held in these postures for long bags as per orders. Current- others. but for an eco-friendly future, hours, it may not cause much trouble, though ly, our production is around 2 S Harish Babu, owner of the plastics should be restricted to it is recommended to give a short break of few lakh bags per month.” five-year-old La Tierra Cloth essential products and goods. minutes every half an hour when you sit for long hours. Gudalur residents erecting solar-power structure called the spine that runs along the back of our body from the base of the skull to the fences to keep wild elephants away tail bone, which is formed by a series of 33 bones Continuation From: Page 1 thurvayal and Devarsolai towns. However, the forest depart- arranged on top of each other called Vertebrae. The residents of Gudalur, “Wild elephants have started ment says that if too many fenc- If a plumb line is dropped from your head to Oveli, Thevarsolai, Thorapalli, coming into town more often, es are put up, the pachyderms foot when you are sitting or standing, it should ical examination of the patient with thoughts on Sri Madurai and Devala have so to save our lives we are con- will sense them and get diverted pass through certain parts of your body if it’s possible contributory factors to the pain includ- now started constructing so- structing solar-powered fences. to other routes.