Eleven persons injured in multiple collision near Gobichettipalayam
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The accident involved a bus, van and a lorry
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The accident involved a bus, van and a lorry
Eleven persons were injured in a multiple collision involving a limestone-laden pick-up van, a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus and a lorry at Polavakalipalayam, near Gobichettipalayam, here on Wednesday.
The bus, with over 25 passengers, was on its way from Sathyamangalam to Erode while the van was coming in the opposite direction. Police said that at Polavakalipalayam, the van driver lost control of the vehicle, collided with the bus and overturned.
On an average, 5.5 lakh people used TNSTC buses per day this month and the corporation earned Rs 70 lakh per day, which is 70% of the pre-lockdown footfall and revenue.
COIMBATORE: Five months after the state government relaxed the lockdown norms and allowed the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) to resume bus service, the number of passengers has gone up in the district.
On an average, 5.5 lakh people used TNSTC buses per day this month and the corporation earned Rs 70 lakh per day, which is 70% of the pre-lockdown footfall and revenue.
While town buses resumed operations from September 1, inter-district buses were operated from September 7 in the state. The government allowed the buses to operate with 100% occupancy from December 7.
Pension benefits handed over
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Adi Dravida Welfare Minister V. M. Rajalakshmi handed over pension benefits to 434 persons, who had successfully completed their service in the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation on Saturday. At a function held at Sankarankoil TNSTC depot, Collector G. S. Sameeran presided. Managing Director Thiruvambalan Pillai and other senior officials participated.
The Minister said the government had kept its promises to various sections in the society. Pensioners should rest assured that the AIADMK government would continue to serve the needy and poor.
As many as 434 employees, who had retired from service between 2019 April and December in the Tirunelveli region were given cheques totalling ₹88.58 crore, a press release said.
Road Safety Month celebrations begin
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Officials at the inaugural of the Road Safety Month celebrations in the city on Monday.
The inaugural celebrations of the Road Safety Month, an initiative by the Central government to increase awareness on road safety, were held at Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts on Monday.
In Coimbatore Corporation limits, the celebrations were organised by the Transport Department in association with the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC). Sources said that the Regional Transport Officers – Central, South, West and North – and the Coimbatore City Police officers distributed roses to motorists who were not wearing helmet on two-wheelers and seat-belts on cars to insist that they adhere to the road safety rules. Those found wearing helmets and seat-belts were congratulated with chocolates. This awareness event was conducted at Nava India and Lakshmi Mills junctions in the city, the sources said.
With precautions in place, classes resume for X, XII
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Students attend class on the first day of reopening after COVID-19 lockdown at Srirangam Girls Higher Secondary School in Tiruchi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit:
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Classroom activities were revived for students of X and XII on Tuesday in government and private schools in central districts after the sanitisation of buildings and other preparatory groundwork in the preceding days.
School heads said the campus had to be cleaned up and benches and desks re-arranged. Most of the schools, apparently, chose to keep laboratory activities in abeyance.