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Draft poll roll for Chennai to be out on July 1

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 08:59 administrator
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The Times of India     29.06.2010

Draft poll roll for Chennai to be out on July 1

TNN, Jun 29, 2010, 02.03am IST

CHENNAI: Following an intensive voter verification drive, the Chennai district elections office will release the draft electoral roll for 16 Assembly constituencies on July 1. Voters can file claims and objections from July 1 to July 16.

The draft rolls will be on display at all polling stations, post offices and zonal offices of the corporation. Those who have completed 18 years as on January 1, 2010, can file applications for inclusion of names. To ensure complete coverage of voters, the offices will be kept open on Saturday and Sunday.

Form 6 is for inclusion of names, form 7 for deletions, form 8 for corrections of names and photographs and form 8A for change of address in the same constituency. In form 6 and 8A, the previous addresses have to be filled in and proof of the new address has to be attached.

Authorities will accept forms submitted by applicants or their family and not bulk applications by an outsider. The forms will not be accepted after July 16 and the final electoral roll will be published on September 15.
 

Streetlights soon on a stretch of GNT Road

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 04:33 administrator
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The Hindu       29.06.2010

Streetlights soon on a stretch of GNT Road

K. Lakshmi

Madhavaram Municipality to install them at cost of Rs.10 lakh


Set to change: Negotiating the stretch of GNT Road between Moolakadai and Madhavaram after sunset is a nightmare for motorists.

CHENNAI: The problem of inadequate illumination on the stretch of Grand Northern Trunk Road between Moolakadai and Madhavaram that poses problems for the motorists is set to be addressed, with the local body planning to install streetlights.

G. Sivaram, a resident of Madhavaram, said traffic congestion had eased out after widening of the road, which serves as a crucial link to Nellore and Kolkata. But for the headlights of vehicles plying on the 5-km stretch, there is no illumination on the road.

Motorists face the risk of accidents as the road, which is also used by heavy vehicles, has been without streetlights for over a decade now.

A senior official of Madhavaram Municipality said the local body plans to install 22 streetlights on the stretch of GNT Road at a cost of Rs.10 lakh.

Though the road belonged to the State Highways Department, the local body has to provide and maintain streetlights.

The delay was due to getting approval from the department for taking over the maintenance.

Flyover planned

The stretch bustling with traffic from various areas in north Chennai, including Vysarpadi, Madhavaram and Red Hills, would also soon get a flyover. The Moolakadai junction witnesses traffic volume of nearly 1.5 lakh passenger car units daily.

Sources in the Highways Department said bids received for the project are being scrutinised. The four-lane flyover would be 550 m long and 15 m wide. The cost of land acquisition has also been included in the Rs.50 crore allocated for the project. About 4,000 sq.m. land needs to be acquired for the project, the sources added.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 June 2010 04:37
 

Corporation removes 1,387 non-Tamil nameboards

Tuesday, 22 June 2010 10:40 administrator
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The New Indian Express      22.06.2010

Corporation removes 1,387 non-Tamil

nameboards

CHENNAI: On the first day of Chennai Corporation's drive to remove name-boards of shops and commercial establishments which were not in prominent Tamil letters, 1387 boards were removed from the city's 10 civic zones.

Launching the drive earlier in the day on Mount Road, Mayor M Subramanian said, "About 85 per cent of shops and commercial establishments in the city have placed Tamil name-boards within the extended deadline that ended on Sunday. The civic body will carry out the removal of boards from the remaining shops as they failed to heed the appeal made by the Corporation."

While thanking the shop owners who changed their shop's name-boards with Tamil letters, the Mayor cautioned the remaining shop owners to follow suit or expect Corporation officials at their shops. "The drive will continue till all the non-Tamil boards are removed," the Mayor added.

As per the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishment Rules, 1948, the nameboard of every establishment should be in Tamil and wherever other languages were also used, the English version could be kept in the second place followed by other languages, if any. The rules prescribe that the Tamil version should be written prominently. Though the rules were framed years ago, several firms did not follow the rule.

 
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