DINDIGUL: Thousands of parents, mostly women with babies, picketed Tiruchi-Dindigul main road in front of the Government Hospital here on Sunday, seeking treatment to their children who were given polio drops.
Over 3,000 thronged the GH since afternoon. Even as doctors repeatedly appealed to them not to believe rumours, they refused to go home and thronged the emergency ward and office of the Joint Director of Health Services for check-up.
Parents flooded Main Road before the GH. Traffic was closed and buses were diverted.
Deputy Director of Health Services R. Jagadeesh Kumar announced through a speaker fitted on a police jeep that the drops administered to the children were of good quality. He advised the parents not to worry and return home.
The hospital staff and the police could not control the crowd as influx of parents continued unabated till 6 p.m.
The Palani GH was also overflowing with rural people.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Congress to support DMK candidate in by-election
CHENNAI: The Congress will support the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the forthcoming by-election to the Thirumangalam constituency.
Announcing this here on Sunday, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.V.Thangkabalu said the party had formed an election committee under N.S.V.Chittan, MP to campaign for the DMK in the by-election.
Mr.Thangkabalu said the party workers would actively work for the victory of the DMK candidate as they did for the Congress in the earlier by-election.
Condemning the attack on the party headquarters Satyamurthi Bhavan and burning of effigies of Congress leaders in different parts of the State, Mr.Thangkabalu said the party could not remain mute spectators. He wanted the government to take stringent action against those who indulged in violence against Congress workers. Though Viduthalai Chiruthaigal leader Thol.Tirumavalavan denied that his party men were involved in the “violence,” the reality was that it was they who indulged in the act. The party had restrained Congress workers from retaliating and this should not be considered their weakness. He also thanked the State government for arresting volunteers of VCK and the Periyar Dravida Kazhagam for indulging in “violence.”
Announcing this here on Sunday, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.V.Thangkabalu said the party had formed an election committee under N.S.V.Chittan, MP to campaign for the DMK in the by-election.
Mr.Thangkabalu said the party workers would actively work for the victory of the DMK candidate as they did for the Congress in the earlier by-election.
Condemning the attack on the party headquarters Satyamurthi Bhavan and burning of effigies of Congress leaders in different parts of the State, Mr.Thangkabalu said the party could not remain mute spectators. He wanted the government to take stringent action against those who indulged in violence against Congress workers. Though Viduthalai Chiruthaigal leader Thol.Tirumavalavan denied that his party men were involved in the “violence,” the reality was that it was they who indulged in the act. The party had restrained Congress workers from retaliating and this should not be considered their weakness. He also thanked the State government for arresting volunteers of VCK and the Periyar Dravida Kazhagam for indulging in “violence.”
144 railway stations identified as terrorism-prone
VELLORE: The Indian Railways have identified 144 railway stations and four metro railway stations in the country as prone to terrorism and sabotage.
It has started the work on the introduction of an integrated security system to tackle terrorism in railway stations and trains, according to R. Velu, Union Minister of State for Railways.
Talking to newspersons after inaugurating the Vellore-Cantonment to Chennai Beach Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) service at the Vellore Cantonment railway station here on Sunday, Mr. Velu said that the government had sanctioned Rs.60 crore for the immediate purchase of equipment for the introduction of the integrated security system.
Mr. Velu said that the MEMU would leave Vellore Cantonment at 6 a.m. and reach Chennai Beach at 9.10 a.m., while in the return direction, it would leave Chennai Beach at 6 p.m. and reach Vellore Cantonment at 9.15 p.m.
It has started the work on the introduction of an integrated security system to tackle terrorism in railway stations and trains, according to R. Velu, Union Minister of State for Railways.
Talking to newspersons after inaugurating the Vellore-Cantonment to Chennai Beach Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) service at the Vellore Cantonment railway station here on Sunday, Mr. Velu said that the government had sanctioned Rs.60 crore for the immediate purchase of equipment for the introduction of the integrated security system.
Mr. Velu said that the MEMU would leave Vellore Cantonment at 6 a.m. and reach Chennai Beach at 9.10 a.m., while in the return direction, it would leave Chennai Beach at 6 p.m. and reach Vellore Cantonment at 9.15 p.m.
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