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VOICE YOUR VIEWS - ROAD MEDIANS IN THE CITY
Traffic regulation

Road medians are erected to prevent haphazard crossing by pedestrians and also to instill some traffic sense among road users. Medians are absolutely essential for smooth driving on the roads. Aesthetic beauty of the medians can be enhanced by ...

Nowadays people are always in a hurry and take the risk of driving right in the middle of the road. This is more to say about the two-wheeler drivers who think it is more of an act of heroism to do all kinds of traffic violating stunts on the ...

The way people drive their vehicles, it appears they are always in a hurry. Four- wheeler drivers have no regard for the two wheeler riders and it is like mayhem on the road with everybody trying to overtake and vying for space. Youngsters ...

Road medians are good for any city like Madurai to control and regulate the heavy traffic. Road medians facilitate one way traffic and keep accidents under check. In Anna Nagar, K.K. Nagar, Tallakulam, medians have come up but they have ...

Road medians in the city are a must. They help in reduction of speed of vehicles and minimise the risk of accidents on the roads. Though too many road medians can also be a hindrance, especially in narrow roads. It is important to keep the ...

Road medians are definitely necessary. Most of the city roads are very narrow. The road users are careless in following the rules of the road and they use the entire road like a one-way path. Therefore, the advantages of road medians are many. ...

Though Madurai is the second largest city of the State after Chennai, most of the roads are not wide enough to have road medians. The recent construction of road medians in Wakf College Road in K.K. Nagar and Panagal Road near Anna bus stand ...

Many don’t follow traffic rules and many do not know the purpose of road medians either. If people are going to plead ignorance about the traffic-related issues and precautionary measures, the situation will lead to danger zone where ...

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All's well that ends well The Weinstein Company, one of the largest film production houses and distributors in the world, has officially bought the rights for the thriller "Yaavarum Nalam" to be made into a Hollywood feature film. This is the ...

Pandia Rajan is happy that his short film “Iru Thuligal” will be screened at the CMS Children International Film festival scheduled from April 7 to 13 at Lucknow. “I am happy that my film, based on the eradication of polio, ...

He started as a painter, drifted into acting and then surprised everyone with his writing skill. Alliance Company, one of the oldest publishing houses in Tamil Nadu, has published most of his works. Now, he has narrated the ...

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