The Traffic wing of the Tiruchi city police has been strictly enforcing the rule on the use of helmets at select places in the city. About 10 places have been identified where the police personnel impose spot fine from those riding two-wheelers without helmets.
The selection of these places has been effected in such manner that the two-wheelers without helmets cannot escape the signal by the personnel to alight from the vehicles.
The location of Gita Nagar in Vayalur Road in the city, for instance, has been facilitating the personnel to intercept the two-wheelers flouting the rule.
“We have been collecting a large sum as fine daily at this point, as it is more convenient to signal the two-wheelers to alight from the vehicle,” say the police personnel.
The second phase of pulse polio drive in Pudukottai district was effectively implemented with the focus on covering children belonging to nomadic and semi-nomadic families.
“The Public Health Department identified four major villages where people belonging to Narikurava community and agricultural labourers reside,” said V. C. Subash Gandhi, Monitoring Officer for Pulse Polio programme, World Health Organisation.
In all, 662 children were covered in Vellanur, Melur, Sathyamangalam and Rengammal Chathiram. While the first three villages accounted for agricultural labourers, Rengammal Chathiram is a major cluster of Narikuravas. “But for efffective intervention by the para-medical personnel, the children would not have been covered under the programme,” he said.
Contributed by M. Balaganessin
