Roads in Coimbatore city appear to be less friendly for pedestrians as an RTI reply from police showed that pedestrians accounted for 37% of road traffic accident fatalities in the first 10 months this year.
Thirupparankundram was peaceful, and the outsiders were trying to disrupt peace there for political reasons; they did not know about the significance of the land, said DMK organising secretary R.S. Bharathi.