Rail users observe fast in Erode
The Hindu
Rail passengers, who travel using season tickets, staged a protest in Erode on Sunday urging the Southern Railway to operate various MEMU services.The members of Erode Season Ticket Rail Passengers We
Rail passengers, who travel using season tickets, staged a protest in Erode on Sunday urging the Southern Railway to operate various MEMU services.
The members of Erode Season Ticket Rail Passengers Welfare Association observed a fast on Old Railway Station road and demanded that MEMU services between Erode and Coimbatore, Palakkad Town and Erode and services between Salem wnd Coimbatore should be resumed.
The protesters said the services that were stopped citing the COVID-19 pandemic had severely affected regular travellers.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.