Bypoll Gives Brief Pep Up To Local Economy In Tamil Nadu's Erode
NDTV
The ruling DMK-backed Congress nominee E V K S Elangovan and AIADMK's K S Thennarasu are the main contestants among 77 aspirants.
Occupancy rate in hotels here is 100 per cent while restaurants and bars are also full. VIP visitors like Ministers and former ministers are at the doorsteps of people as the intense campaigning by parties has peaked for the February 27 Erode (East) bypoll.
While the campaign is set to end at 5 PM on Saturday, the presence of a large number of office-bearers and cadres of parties from various places of Tamil Nadu for about 20 days provided a boost to the local economy.
A popular restaurant opposite the Erode junction railway station had to often tell customers that food items are sold out and nothing is available on offer.
Enquiries revealed that occupancy in budget hotels is full and the trend is more or less the same in hotels under other categories.
