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Surviving Deepavali
Pankaja Srinivasan digs out some dark truths about the festival of lights
Columns

FESTIVALS AND TRAFFIC SNARLS
Unavoidable

Festival months are a time to rejoice. The rich and the poor go out for shopping to celebrate the festivals. So, traffic snarls are unavoidable. Traffic diversions in the busy shopping areas will be of great help.

K. Jimmy Lawrence ...


Divert the traffic

Festival season has become synonymous with busy traffic. Most of the people are out travelling for purchasing goodies for the festival. Diverting the vehicles from busy shopping areas will create a stress-free environment for the ...


Broad roads needed

People prefer to use two-wheelers as buses are crowded during festive season.

When there are more vehicles, there is traffic congestion. Broad roads, streetlights, traffic signals and traffic police play an important role in ...


Poor infrastructure

The ever increasing number of vehicles and shoppers on narrow roads and by lanes on busy shopping areas leads to a chaotic situation. All this is because of poor planning and lack of proper infrastructure. Authorities should take steps well ...


Plan your shopping

During festival season, huge crowds throng the shopping areas to purchase their commodities, shop for clothes and sweets.

The district administration should request the public to go in batches for their shopping and avoid last minute ...


Manage the crowd

Crowd management is important during traffic snarls. Avoiding traffic chaos and noise pollution is important to lead a better life and enjoy the festival celebrations.

N. Hariharan

Thondamuthur ...


A get-together

Festival months are the time when relative get together and meet their family members and friends. So, there is more vehicle movement. Add to this the travel for shopping. Apart from the efforts taken by the authorities, the public should also ...


Traffic phobia

During festivals, the traffic creates a phobia in the minds of the public.

Accidents, time drain, long queues and uncomfortable travel add to the stress.

Proper planning and co-operation of public with the government bodies is ...


Obey traffic rules

Because of last minute shopping, bus stand and busy roads get crowded with people and this leads to traffic chokes.

Commuters should abide by traffic rules.

G. Arun Prasanth

Std. XII S.B.O.A. Matriculation Higher ...


Regulate parking

Traffic problem arises during festival time because of poor parking space in commercial complexes. As a result, the shoppers park the vehicles at available spaces on the main road and this disrupts the flow of traffic.

When it rains, ...


Next Issue
The topic for the next Voice Your Views column scheduled for November 22 is ‘Are firecrackers essential to celebrate Deepavali?’ Send in your responses before November 17 by post (The Hindu, Metroplus, 19/20, LIC Road, ATT Colony, ...
Beauty And Wellness

Time to exercise caution
A few simple tips for making Deepavali incident-free
It can leave you breathless
Some tips to help those with asthma breathe easy during Deepavali
Wheels

Take 5!
After the 3-series, BMW’s next locally produced Indian offering is the 5-series
Virtual Mechanic
Car and bike questions? We have the answers
Fiat-Tata JV
Fiat and Tata Motors inject Rs. 3,640 crore into a joint venture
Television

CABLEWALA
King of Good Times
‘NDTV Good Times’, the lifestyle channel, has found a niche market with the young and the affluent. The channel answers all questions for its target audiences, from food to fitness, travel to leisure, fashion to gadgets and from ...
More glamour and glitz
The Hindi General Entertainment Channels (GEC), are now promoting Bollywood through their channels aggressively.

Almost all reality shows have a celebrity Bollywood guest, and the birthday of a star can drive content on a channel for three ...
Wired In

Festive feast
Here are a few recipes you can try out this Deepavali
Events

Coimbatore Diary

The Coimbatore chapter of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) will conduct ‘Corporate Quiz – 2007’ for students in Classes XI and XII. It will be held on November 17 at ICSI – Coimbatore House on ...


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