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* THE TIMES OF INDIA, CHENNAIWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 20174 TIMES CITY
Chennai: Encroachmentson Kamaraj Salai in R A Pu-ram are proving to be a night-mare for motorists and pe-destrians. Bunk shops andtwo-wheelers parked on bothsides of the road make it dif-ficult for people to walk.
“We have informed thepolice on many occasions toclear encroachments as the-re is no footpath to walk on,
but they have turned a deafear to our pleas,” said P Ku-mar, a resident. The encro-
achments begin near theMRTS bridge after Sangeet-ha restaurant, and are visib-
le on both sides until the roadmerges with GreenwaysRoad.
Residents said the roadgets choked with traffic inthe mornings during schooland office hours and that the-re are no traffic policemen toregulate the flow of traffic.“Flower sellers, fruit sellersand fish vendors set up shop,making it harrowing for pe-destrians and motorists.Traffic police should ensurethat vehicles are not parkedon both sides of the road toensure free flow of traffic.We have informed the policemany times but nothing hashappened,” said M Shenba-gam, a resident of KamarajRoad.
With several schools loca-ted in the vicinity, a number
of schoolchildren use this ro-ad to reach their schools.“Every other day, my childfinds it difficult to reach hisschool on time as there is atraffic block on this stretch.It is time civic authorities re-move encroachments, andtraffic police are posted hereto monitor traffic during pe-ak hours,” said S Emanuel, aresident of R A Puram.
When TOI visited thearea, pedestrians were fin-ding it difficult to cross theroad.
Police attached to theAdyar traffic investigationwing said despite them to-wing away vehicles at regu-lar intervals, the problempersists since there was noparking facility in the areafor two-wheelers.
Absence Of Parking
Spaces CitedAs Reason
Encroachments choke R A Puram road
HURDLES ALL ALONG: The encroachments begin near the MRTSbridge after Sangeetha restaurant, and are visible on both sides untilthe road merges with Greenways Road
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R Ramesh Shankar
Exposed manhole on Kilkattalai road shut
This open manhole in Parry Colony, Kilkattalai, was sealed immediately following a report in The Times of India on November 14 — T Venkatesh
Cattle are often seen relaxing on stretches around the Parthasarathy temple in Triplicane, posing a hazard for motorists and pedestrians. We request the authorities to take action —K Seshadri
This spot on Anna Satya Nagar Main Road, Ramapuram, is filled with garbage and overflowing sewage. The bin is also jutting into the road, impeding traffic —Dheeruj Saravanan
Stagnant rainwater and sewage overflow on Jan Mohammed Street, Border Thottam, Padupakkam, Triplicane, is posing a health hazard. We request the authorities to take action. —Sivakumar Dhivakaran
This vacant plot on Thirumurugan Street, Krishnamoorthy Nagar, has turned into a dumping ground and breeding ground for mosquitoes. Will the authorities have it cleared?—SV Amirdha
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A DAY TO REMEMBER: On the occasion of Children’s Day, 25 differently abled children tried their hand atmusic by playing instruments. The event was organised by Glasgow-based Paragon Inclusive Music Com-pany, at Vidya Sagar in Kotturpuram, an organisation that works for the differently abled. The programmehelped special children play adaptive musical instruments that can be used according to their needs
Chennai: Reviewing and up-grading the community col-lege curriculum to offer stu-dents better job prospects isthe focus of the three-day in-ternational conference thatbegan at Loyola College onTuesday.
Organised by the IndianCentre for Research and De-velopment of CommunityCollege Education (ICRD-CE), along with the US Con-sulate General in Chennai, itwill see American expertsfrom Montgomery Collegeand Radford University andIndian expertswork on co-ming up with aprogrammethat can gain National SkillDevelopment Corporation(NSDC) recognition.
ICRDCE director and Lo-yola College vice-principal MS Joseph Antony Jacob saidpre-primary teachers trai-ning, pre-school training andearly childhood care will bethe focus in the educationsector, while fashion desig-ning and garment making,tailoring and embroiderywill be taken up in the appa-rel sector.
Courses in these sectorswere a big draw, with at least
5,000 students enrolling eachyear, he said. “As NSDC re-cognition plays a key role forcourses offered by communi-ty colleges, we wanted to fine-tune the curriculum to thatlevel. In a recent inspection,NSDC didn’t give approvalfor many colleges. We wantour colleges to scale up in lifeskills, communication andwork skills,” he said.
The ICRDCE, with morethan 10,000 students in 200programmes in 336 colleges,is particularly reaching outto dropouts and collabora-ting with the National Insti-tute of Open Schooling
(NIOS) for verti-cal mobility ofstudents, FatherJacob said.
Eric Lund, Cultural Affa-irs Officer at the US Consula-te, said, “We need practicalskills coming out of educatio-nal institutions and a curri-culum with practical impli-cations. Community collegesshould produce students whowill be ready to be employedimmediately,” he said.
US consul general RobertG Burgess said communitycolleges play a key role inadult education, workforceretraining, or even mid-care-er professionals and retireesto learn new skill sets.
Focus on communitycollege syllabus forbetter job prospects
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NEED FORUPGRADATION
Chennai: Distressed that thequality of the legal professionhas been deteriorating over theyears, the Madras high court hassuggested radical steps such asenrolling advocates only afterclearance of the All India BarExamination (AIBE) .
As of now, after graduation,law degree-holders are entitledto be enrolled as advocates in Barcouncil registry, with a condi-tion that they clear the AIBE andobtain the certificate of practicewithin two years from the date ofcompletion of the course. It hasled to a piquant situation where-in more than 1,000 lawyers in Ta-mil Nadu alone have been su-spended from the Bar since theycould not clear the AIBE.
Justice S Vaidyanathan,with a view to putting an end tothe confusion, suggested thatBar council rules should beamended to make a pass in AIBEa prerequisite for enrolment inthe Bar. The Bar Council of Indiashould consider amending theAIBE Rules, 2010 and theAdvocates Act, if necessary, toallow enrolment of new advoca-tes only after passing the AIBE,he said.
Enrol lawyersonly after
they clear Barexam, says HC
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Chennai: The city got a newtraffic police chief, while Co-imbatore and Trichy gotnew police commissionerson Tuesday in the latestshuffle among top IPS offi-cers in the state.
Trichy police commis-sioner A Arun has been pos-ted as the additional com-missioner of Chennai traf-fic police, replacing the in-spector general of police(IGP) K Periaiah.
Periaiah has been trans-ferred and posted as the Co-imbatore city police com-missioner replacing AAmalraj, who has been pos-ted as Trichy police commis-sioner. IGP of Tamil Nadu ci-vil supplies CID G Venkatra-man has been transferredand posted as IGP of the es-tablishment in the state poli-ce headquarters.
IGP of the state admini-stration, R Dhinakaran, hasbeen transferred and posted
as IGP of the state establish-ment. Deputy inspector-ge-neral of police Sonal V Mis-ra, who went on an inter-sta-te deputation, has been pos-ted as the DIG of the policetraining college in the exis-ting vacancy.
Superintendent of police(SP) Amanat Maan, an UttarPradesh cadre officer, hasbeen transferred to TamilNadu police cadre replacingNisha Parthiban, SP of theenforcement wing of the sta-te police.
IPS shuffle: Citygets new traffic
police chiefTIMES NEWS NETWORK
(Clockwisefrom top left)A Arun, K Periaiah and A Amalraj
Chennai: Adyar traffic investi-gation police have been strug-gling to close the accident caseinvolving a professional carracer Ashwin Sundar, 31, andhis wife Niveditha, 26, due tolack of cooperation from thedeceased woman’s parents.
On March 18, the couplewas on their way to Leela Pal-ace in a two-seater BMW Z-4 se-dan when the accident tookplace in MRC Nagar.
The Adyar traffic investiga-tion wing police registered acase under the Sections of IPC304 (culpable homicide notamounting to murder) againstAshwin Sundar. As Ashwindied in the accident, the casewill be closed as the person re-sponsible is deceased. Howev-er, police personnel need a cer-
tificate to prove that the de-ceased are Ashwin and Nive-ditha to conclude the case, asthe couple was charred in theaccident. Police had collectedthe DNA samples from the de-ceased during the autopsy .
An investigation officersaid, “We have collected DNAsamples of Ashwin’s parentsand we have sent them to the fo-rensic analysis to confirm thedeath of Ashwin. Likewise, wehave requested the parents ofNiveditha to appear to collectDNA samples from them too toconfirm the identity of thecharred woman as Niveditha.”
Police said Niveditha’s par-ents have to yet give their DNAsamples. Once they do, policeofficers said they would com-plete the process and send thesamples for forensic analysis toconclude the case.
Racer Ashwin casedrags on, cops awaitDNA samples of kin
Chennai: It is more than 20years since a sandalwood go-down containing 3,260 tonnesof the scented wood worthabout `̀190 crore mysterious-ly went up in flames at Tiru-pattur.
The Madras high court onMonday refused to order aCBI probe into the incident,and instead dismissed a pleaseeking to transfer the inves-tigation to the central agency.
Alleging that the then dis-trict forest officer (DFO)Upathyay, TS Dange DFO, Ti-ruvannamalai and PromodKant, conservator of forests,Vellore were involved in theloot of the sandalwood in thedepot, PIL-petitioner Krish-nan wanted the court to handover the investigation of thetwo decade old case to CBI.
“The incident as notedabove took place on March 16,1997, i.e. over 20 years ago.Further, an enquiry was held
by a commission headed by asitting judge of the high co-urt, Justice A Raman (sinceretired). The commissionsubmitted its report on No-vember 2, 1999. The reportwas accepted by the govern-ment on November 18, 1999,”the court said.
The government sandal-wood godown at Tiruppatturhad three watch towers andfive police quarters outwhich two were destroyed inthe fire.
HC no for CBI probe into sandalwood godown fireTIMES NEWS NETWORK
What Vivek said is instark contrast to Dhi-nakaran’s allega-
tions. Dhinakaran had li-kened the searches to themovies of Shankar andRajamouli.
He said his extended fam-ily was being hounded for ayear and there was no sign of itcoming to an end.
Even while claiming thathe had not indulged in any il-legality, Dhinakaran had saidthat he could talk only abouthimself and his wife. The in-ference was that he would notgive a clean chit to other fam-ily members.
Twenty-seven-year-old Vi-
vek came intothe limelightafter his moth-er IlavarasiJayaramanwas convictedalong with Sa-
sikala and her nephew V NSudhakaran in a wealth caseby the Supreme Court. Soonafter the conviction, Vivekwas made MD of the channel.
Dr Namadhu MGR, theparty organ, is also under hiscontrol. He has been CEO ofJazz Cinemas since 2015. Thegroup was engaged in the con-troversial purchase of the 11-screen Luxe multiplex at thePhoenix mall.
“The officials asked aboutdocuments relating to some
companies and I offered expla-nation in detail. Besides, theyquestioned about the jewelsmy wife got during our wed-ding. I will submit the rele-vant accounts in the next twoto three days,” he said. Krish-na Priya, who runs Krishna-priya Foundation, made head-lines when she took to thestreets in August to protestagainst the Centre’s NEET formedical admissions.
Vivek said whoever hadearned through illegal meanswould have to pay tax. “I amvery clear about that. It is ourduty to do that (paying tax).Whoever commits wrong,you, ministers or me, willhave to face law,” he said,pleading not to make the
searches a big issue. “Let usnot create a hype about it. Thisis a request,” he added. Jayala-lithaa had a special considera-tion for Ilavarasi and her chil-dren after Jayaraman died ofelectrocution at her farm-house in Hyderabad in 1991.
Incidentally, after he tookover the reins of the party inFebruary, Dhinakaran side-lined other family members,ruling out the possibility ofreinducting any more mem-bers from the family into theparty.
But after various centralinvestigating agencies tight-ened their noose around Dhi-nakaran, a truce was workedout between himself and hisuncle Dhivaharan.
Will submit accounts in 2 to 3 days: Vivek�From P1
Coimbatore: “We explainedto him the need for more allo-cation of funds for the publicworks department. The gov-ernor said he would conveythe message to the collector,”said R Manikandan, a mem-ber of Kovai Kulangal Pathu-kappu Amaippu, an environ-mental NGO.
Objecting to this prece-dent, Viduthulai Chiruthai-gal Katchi leader Thol Thiru-mavalavan said, “It is uncon-ventional and unnecessaryfor the governor to intervenein administration. In Delhiand Puducherry, at leastthere is a justification for gov-ernors intervening in gov-
ernment administrationsince they are Union territo-ries.”
Workers of the ThanthaiPeriyar Dravidar Kazhagamstaged a protest near CircuitHouse just before the meet-ing. Six of them were arrest-ed and let off.
BJP state president Tamil-isai Sounderajan vociferous-ly defended the governor. “Weshould look at the meetings ina positive manner. Just be-cause there is no precedent, itdoesn’t stop a governor frommeeting officials for the wel-fare of the state,” she said.
“There is no need for aknee-jerk reaction. The gov-ernor is aware of all normsand he will act according to
those norms,’’ she said.AIADMK ministers S P Ve-
lumani and K P Anbazhaganalso defended the governor’saction. “Nothing stops a gov-ernor from meeting govern-ment officials. One should notassume this is a threat to stateautonomy. The state, the Cen-tre and the governor areworking together for the wel-fare of the people,” he told re-porters in Coimbatore.
On Wednesday, Purohitwill visit the Gandhipurambus stand and G V Residencyto have a first-hand glimpse ofwaste segregation in the city.Later, he is scheduled to havea meeting with micro andsmall scale industrialists be-fore leaving for Tirupur.
‘Unconventional for governorto intervene in administration’�From P 1
Chennai: Nearly tenmonths after heexpressed solidarity withthe jallikattu protests inMarina Beach, an armedreserve constable is nowfacing departmentalinquiry. Mathiazhagu, anative of Ramanatha-puram, had been on dutyat the jallikattu protestvenue in Marina when hewalked up to the stageand started giving aspeech amidst applausefrom the crowd. He urgedthe state to bring anordinance for jallikattu.Sources said adepartmental inquiry hasbeen ordered againsthim. TNN
‘Jallikattu’ cop toface action
As on October 25,165 wards under
the Greater ChennaiCorporation weredeclared to be opendefecation free (ODF)by the civic body. As ofNovember 14, the civicbody has declared 35more wards to be ODF.For the next 15 days,the corporation isinviting commentsfrom the public on theODF wards. TNN
Corpn seeks public’sviews on ODF wards
Another neighbour soonarrived and switched offthe gas cylinder. The
three women were rushed toKilpauk Medical College andHospital where Indhuja died.Her mother Renuka sustained49% burns, while her sisterNivedha suffered 23% burns,and remain critical.
After committing thecrime, Aakash parked hisbike at NGO Colony and wentto his grandmother’s house inAdambakkam to change be-fore going out with somefriends, police said. “Her fa-ther had gone to Canada only aweek ago. Probably knowingthis, the man had targetedthem,” said Raghu, anotherneighbour.
Mom suffers49% burns,sister 23%
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