EPS inaugurates new buildings for police stations, staff quarters

Palaniswami inaugurated eight police stations, located at Pillur dam and Vadakipalayam in Coimbatore district, Velampalayam in Tirupur district, Thiruvidaimarudhur in Thanjavur district, Jambunathapuram in Tiruchirappalli district, Avalur and Rathinagiri in Vellore district, and Periyathachur in Villupuram district. The police quarters are located at Pazhur in Ariyalur district, Thirupathirupuliyur in Cuddalore district and in Armed Reserve quarters in Thanjavur district. 

The police stations were constructed at a cost of Rs 5.5 crore and the residential quarters were constructed at a cost of around Rs 20 crore. 

Bus depot opened Palaniswami also inaugurated a bus depot building at Edamalaipattipudhur near Srirangam in Tiruchirappalli district. The building, spread over 2.14 acres, was built at a cost of Rs 98 lakh. 

The building has many facilities including maintenance yard, restroom for drivers and conductors and a room for deputy branch manager. There are also facilities for cleaning the buses in the depot. 

Former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had announced in 2012 that additional bus depots would be constructed. Based on that announcement, the bus depot was constructed in Edamalaipattipudhur, which comes under Kumbakonam division of the State Transport Corporation. 

The Nadigar Sangam on Wednesday urged the State government to provide financial assistance to drama artistes and the children of artists who made their mark in the field of cinema. 

The functionaries of the Sangam led by its president, Nasser, and former vice-president, Ponvannan, submitted a representation to Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on the welfare of drama artists reeling under poverty. 

Addressing the media persons following the meeting, Ponvannan said, “For long, the drama artistes who are working to spread the government agenda are getting paid less. The Nadigar Sangam has requested the Chief Minister to increase their payment. We have also sought free bus passes for them.

” The State government was also requested to construct drama training halls in the memorials of Sivaji Ganesan and actors Thyagaraja Bagavathar and PU Chinnappa for the benefit of drama artists and public, said Ponvannan. 

The functionaries thanked the Chief Minister for constructing a memorial for actor Sivaji Ganesan as well as for announcing his birthday to be celebrated as a government function. When asked about the allegations of Actor Sri Reddy and why the Nadigar Sangam has not responded to her complaints, Ponvannan and Nasser refrained from giving an answer. 

“This is not the right place to ask questions about the internal problems of Nadigar Sangam,” said Ponvannan.