A Businessman Dies-Traffic Disorder Inflicted Tragedy.

Photos courtesy: Mr Kalyan, Padmavathi Studio

 The freak accident in the morning at the Double Road circle took it's toll killing the young businessman on the spot. The man who had left his home for the day's business died less than a kilometer from his home. May God give their family the strength to overcome the grief. May his soul rest in peace.

Chintamani is not anymore a small town.The traffic has increased considerably. The quality of the roads have also improved to facilitate free movement of the vehicles. But the traffic rule violation is rampant. The careless pedestrians, the rash and negligent drivers all give way to the accidents such as this mornings tragedy . The vehicles driven by reckless drivers are misusing the newly laid roads to get cheap thrills. Few even find pleasure driving through one way or on the wrong side of the streets especially at the circles. Do we all deserve good roads at all??

Can't we follow traffic rules? Do we need police to control us?

All these traffic woes has to be addressed urgently by the traffic police in a different and in an effective manner. The town now demands traffic signals, pedestrian crossings on few traffic junctions/circles.
Further, hope we do not have to learn lessons at the cost of precious lives of our fellow citizens.

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Overwhelming Response for Planting Spree

The response to the call for "Nanna Chintamani, Hasiru Chintamani" celebration on  the environment day in Chintamani was overwhelming. The event kicked-off with the symbolic planting of tree by MLA Dr M.C.Sudhakar who is passionately working towards making Chintamani a 'Green Town'. The school and the college students, the environmentalists, NGOs and citizens turned out in large numbers to plant the trees. The support and the hard work of the municipality and also of few volunteers was admirable. By the time the people had arrived the organisers had kept the plants ready beside the trenches. The students lead by enthusiastic teachers marched towards Kanampalli Lake where the first phase of planting was planned. The interest and the enthusiasm of  the students of Govt. Girls High School, Govt. Boys High School, Sri Vijaya College, Venkatadri College was fantastic and by the end they all had planted 1800 plants. Few groups of the students took a procession through the near-by villages to bring about the awareness on advantages of planting trees and nurturing them. Couple of students made brief speeches on the state of our forest wealth and the need for growing sustainable forests. The planning was commendable, thanks to the Municipal Commissioner Dr Rame Gowda's execution and ably supported by Mr Murali, Mr Jayanth and Mr Ravi Prakash. The people and the students who participated in the event went back proudly. The office bearers and the  labors of the municipality had toiled all week to pull this off successfully. But, the responsibility of saving these plants lies on every citizen of Chintamani.

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The municipality will also plant the trees inside the town. They plan to involve the nearby homes/families in the next phase of  "Nanna Chintamani, Hasiru Chintamani".