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College students take pledge to donate eyes

VILLUPURAM: As many as 160 students of Arignar Anna Government Arts College took a pledge to donate their eyes on the occasion of the birth centenary celebrations of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu C.N. Annadurai, organised on the college premises here on Thursday.

They handed over the forms to Public Works Department Minister Durai Murugan through principal K. Subramanian.

Mr. Durai Murugan said Annadurai was hailed for his impeccable speech, which was equated to the oratorical skills of Voltaire, Rousseau, Karl Marx and Lenin.

Annadurai also demolished the myth that Parliament and the State Assembly were meant only for the rich and the mighty. He had proved the powers of the common man through electoral procedures and established that democratic institutions such as the Lok Sabha and the Assembly were very much accessible to the common men, Mr. Durai Murugan said.

Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy said the arts college was known for its high pass percentage and discipline. It was offering two postgraduate courses and, at present, another PG course in Information Technology was being offered.

Two engineering colleges started this year at Villupuram and Tindivanam had been affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. Following demands of the arts college students, he had approached Union Minister of State for Railways R. Velu to seek land to lay a path to the college.

Accordingly, Mr. Velu had directed the Railways to part with a portion of the land and through his (Mr. Ponmudy’s) contribution of Rs.10 lakh from his MLA Local Area Development funds, a road was being constructed now. It would be ready in 10 days, Mr. Ponmudy said.

Collector Palanisamy told the students to set up libraries at their houses to broaden the horizon of knowledge.

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