In Erode district, Erode Town, there is a 80 ft scheme road joining Brough road and railway station. A part of this scheme road has been formed and used by the public. A portion of land for this scheme road at the starting point of Brough road is government poromboke land under encroachment of CSI. If this road is completed, the traffic at P.S. Park road junction will considerably decreased. There is not necessary of flyover at PS Park. The proposed fly over at PS Park will not serve any purpose and will give more inconvenience to the public. There are also more than 15 acres of government poromboke lands at P.S.Park under encroachment of CSI. This encroahment should be evicted and this lands should be used for public purpose. There are so many representation to District Collector for this. There are so many agitations for this. Today also total bandh at Erode. All shops are closed. So kindly take the matter serously and do the needful. Thanking you.

Respected Sir, There is a wine shop in the middle of the Thiruvalluvar Salai. Daily children passing through this Wine shop only to Velammal School, Sparton School, DAV Girls School. There is heavy nuisance caused by the Wine shop users. There are two Flats namely Rajni Flats and Krishna Flats which are next to this Wine shop and the Flat owners are very much affected by this Wine Shop. The shop may be shifted to any other place for which we are very thankful to you sir.

Respected Dpty CM, My name is C.Ilamparithi. I would like to share my suggestion to minimize the Corruption (bribe) in the State Govt offices which are all directly access by general public (all the collectrates, all the circle police stations, all the local administration offices, all the RTO, all the RDO,etc.,) Corruption can be minimized - cum - eradicated by displaying the phone numbers (along with the anti-corruption slogans) of Anti Corruption Division/Anti Corruption Vigilance team (lanch aozhippu puirivu) in a board like the officials name and designation board or simmilar to that which is easily noticable by the people or placed atop of the officials seat. So that the people can make a call immediately upon any corruption issues then and there itself. The defenite outcome of thios step will steer the officials towards the honest path whenever they deviate to the mind set up of 'demanding money' from (poor) people. Thanking You C.Ilamparithi

dear dalapathy ayya, vanakkam, good morning There are lot of hue and cry is there along with various innumerable complaints, for roads repair and management in all most all places. i have a suggestion to your perusal. now that, the tenders are for lowest quote. if the tender is made lowest quote cum performance for minimum 3 to 4 years, and a performance guarantee, be made to give, as a bank guarantee etc, many really, big wigs, will start coming in the roads factor , who will be able to monitor the same in a better way due to high calibre and high tech . The digging etc will be gettting reduced. since, there will be co ordinated action plan will be there with all the road users in a better acceptable manner. This will make the govt managers, to concentrate on a really needed things, rather than , mundane , work and complaints there in. The scare and availble resources can be better utilised in the days ahead and e goverance will be achieved to a good level . with kind regards and best wishes. s.narayanaswamy. consultant, nanganallur

Hon'ble Deputy CM Sir, Greetings. I am staying near Aranganathan Subway. Only one bus facility is there to reach Mount road is 18K. This bus is always overcrowded. The autowallas are charging to much. As a middleclass person like me are suffering to hire auto. Please arrange some share autos / battery cars / increase this bus facility to mount road area from this place. This place is thickly populated area. Please help us. I definitely believe that we will get this help from your end. I am very much confident that I have requested this help to the right person only. Regards, Sujatha

dear dalapathy ayya, vanakkam, good morning. Now that the MTC is plying lot of air conditioned buses . as stated earlier, if you could kindly, look , in to allowing, the VARIOUS BUS PASS HOLDERS, daily, weekly, monthly, bi monthly, qtly, etc, by making to pay , an ADDITIONAL , A/C SURCHARGE , say, Rs. 5/ - Rs. 7/- etc, then, all the A C BUSES WILL BE FULL AND THE MTC can get more money also in the long run, and this will also help , congesstion in the roads, and the traffic wil be under control , to some extent, which will be good for all purpose. kindly look the merits. with kind regards, s.narayanaswamy. consultant. nanganallur

dear dalapathy ayya, vanakkam, good morning. IN THE YESTER YEARS, ONYIX , was doing a good job of garbage clearning in chennai, the present , contractor, unknowingly, quoted a low rate in the tender, and is loosing the business , that is why the apathy of garbage clearance problems. I have a suggestion. In future , all the areas, can be bifurcated or tri furated, as nearly as possible, and each and every one area, be given to separate agency. so that , they will be able to do a good job. one agency , if found not okay, that , area, again, called for RE TENDER and the work can be given to them. Also give them the necessary approval, to UTILISE THE WASTE , for further processing, electricity, bio gas generation etc, which will supplement their income level and many big and scrupulous agencies, will take part in the e tenders as well. this will be a real winning to all. kindly look into the same. with best wishes, s.narayanaswamy, consultant, nanganallur

dear dalapathy ayya, vanakkam, good morning. you have done a good action plan of introducing the e stamping in chennai, which was a grand success in various other parts of our country. Stock holding corpn, allows, various, professionals, to be the intermediary , for issue of this e stamping . Will you please look into the same in chennai as well , and your kind perusal is reqested to see the real development in this area , for the govt and other stake holders . kindly look into the same, with kind regards, with best wishes, s.narayanaswamy. consultant, nanganallur

dear dalapathy ayya, vanakkam, good morning. There are innumerable problems, in the ration shops of many places. If you could kindly, consider, to give , on a test basis, some ration shops, by splitting, the exisiting, big shops, and allow them to run my MAKILIR KUZHU, self help group - women, i think, to many extend, problems, will be able to reduce in the days ahead, and also the SHG will be also a motivating factor in the days ahead. kindly look in to the merits there in. with kind regards, with best wishes, s.narayanaswamy, consultant, nanganallur

dear dalapathy ayya, vanakkam, good morning. You would be aware that Many low income and middle income family members are living in the suburbs and continue to work in the city . They mainly depend on the buses. Pl note that, from the ASRHANA BUS STOP that is near to the kathipara bridge, 99.99 % buses are stoping only , at next stop that is the TRISOOLAM , which called meenambakkam stop. The difference from the one bus stop to this stop is very much significant. If you could please arrange to stop, near the RADDISION HOTEL - TRIDENT HOTEL AREA, many people, commuting to pazhavanthangal , BV NAGAR, and nanganallur etc, will be benefited, and many of us, need not, stand, in the hot sun, for more than 40 to 70 minutes for a bus to reach to this area. Autos are demanding a minimum of Rs 70 , where the bus fare is only rs 4/- which is very difficult for many. Pl make, all BUSES, TO STOP , this bus stop , available to us , at the earliest, so that we will be very glad and your action will be appreciated by one and all. with kind regards, and best wishes, s.narayanaswamy. consultant, nanganalur

dear dalapathy ayya, vanakkam good morning there are lot of dogs problem in the nehru colony nanganallur area the problem is more in the nights when there is no lights in the roads, it adds more problem for the street road users. many dogs are barking and chasing the people and others . will you please look in to this problem and give some relief pl with kind regards. and best wishes , s.naryanaswamy consultant, nanganallur

Hello sir!In our area(55division)c.g.v.nagar,selvapuram,coimbatore have a childrens park(?).it looks like a forest.all the accessories were damaged.and also our public using park as dust bin.councellor was not interested in this matter.because our councellor was opposition.no action&reaction.park was turned to rogues palace.please look into this matter and make park to public use.##SU.RAJUMOHAN(MKS3832) ,COIMBATORE-26##

Dear & Respected Deputy CM, I'm from Nolambur (Mugappair West). Mugappair East, Mugappair West & Nolambur are being ignored in basic infrastructural amenieties like PROPER ROAD, STREET LIGHTS, WASTE MANAGEMENT (GARBAGE DISPOSAL), PROPER BUS STAND WITH FREQUENT BUS SERVICES & CONTROLLING STRAY/STREET DOGS. I kindly & sincerely request you to do the needful. Thanks in advance.

Hello sir, I want to discuss some suggestions which arised in my mind. I hope you are the only right and able person to consider this and solve it. 1. Regarding traffic in chennai - Sir, in chennai if we follow the traffic rules strictly means we can avoid the traffic problem. No one is obeying traffic signals. People are neglecting the signals casually. Though red light is there people are not stopping as well as the signal count is 10 means they are using to start moving before the green signal comes. Please implement some strict rules for traffic. As well as don't allow to park vehicles or bus stop near signals. 2. Regarding Bridges - Sir our honourable Chief minister and yourself created a record by constructing several bridges and constructing secretariat in a short span, but some bridges and other work takes very long time, please consider this issues and take some appropriate action in order to score more good names from public. 3. Regarding motels - Sir, previously some buses which runs below 200 - 250 kilometers won't stop in the motels, now all the buses are stopping in the motels this wastes our emergency time by nearly 30 minutes. As well as all the buses are running very slow though they are express. This also wastes our time by nearly one hour. These are things, issues which i experienced along with the public peoples. I hope all the issues will be sorted out soon. In future if i found any problems again i will post some suggestions. Thsnks, Sathish.

Sir, Thanks for accepting my previous suggestions and publishing in this website. I wish to give some comments on Artificial Recharge schemes now undertaken by all departments.In reality not even 25% of the money spent on these schemes will give returns in terms of ground water recharge. In some places NGO's are also in this work funded by NABAARD and they are digging small pond in the name of watershed improvement. Actually these ponds are later used for fresh water fish culture. Also since all the departments are in the field to spend the amount under this scheme, the effectiveness of the works carried out is not evaluted properly and most of these structures will wash off in the coming floods. Subsurface dykes along all the river course at a regular interval of 5 Km will improve the ground water effectively than constructing small checkdams in the path of small gullies and drainage odais as they will be either silted up or toppled down in flash floods. So kindly evaluate the work of one department with a setup of straight forward officers from other department to minimise government money and resources spent for no use . Thanks Sir, Abdulkalamdasan

Dear Sir I live in West Tambaram area near Mudichur Road Kulam. We have a big problem with electricity every night. The voltage comes to around 150 ~ 160V and most of the time it fluctuates and goes below 120V. We are having hard time to sleep and this is a problem from 6 PM to mid-night every day. Can you please kindly look into this matter and provide us a solution so that we can get a good sleep. Appreciate your help. Regards Anandan.T

தமிழ் நாட்டின் தளபதி அவர்களுக்கு வணக்கம், உங்கள் அபரிமிதமான செயல்பாடு மற்றும் முயற்சிகளுக்கு வாழ்த்துக்கள் நான் தற்பொழுது bangalore-ல் வசித்து வருகிறேன். கடந்த வாரம் சென்னை வந்திருந்தேன், எனக்கு மிகவும் வேதனையான அனுபவமாக அமைந்து விட்டது சென்னையின் தற்போதைய சுகாதாரம் என் வேதனைக்கு மருந்தாக இந்த கடிதத்தை தங்களுக்கு எழுதுகிறேன். தயவு செய்து அய்யா அவர்களே கோயம்பேடு பஸ்-நிறுத்தத்தை ஒரு விசிட் செய்யுங்கள், உங்களுக்கே அதன் சுகதாரம் தெரியும். எனக்கு தெரிந்த விதத்தில் செப்பனிட வேண்டியதை சொல்லுகிறேன். 1.குப்பை தொட்டி எங்கும் காண முடியவில்லை. குப்பை தொட்டிகளை இருபது அடிக்கு ஒன்று வைக்க வேண்டும். இதனை சென்னை முழுவதும் விரிவு படுத்த வேண்டும். 2.நம் மக்களின் நடவடிக்கை படி அவர்களின் வீடு சுத்தமாக இருக்க வேண்டும், தெரு சுகாதாரம் இல்லாமல் இருக்க வேண்டும். இதனை மாற்றுவதற்கு போதிய விழிப்புணர்வு அமல் படுத்த வேண்டுகிறேன் 3.சுகதார விதிகள் அமல் படுத்த வேண்டும். மீறுவோரை கண்டிப்பாக தக்க தண்டனை அல்லது அபராத தொகை வசூலிக்க வேண்டுகிறேன் 4.ஓட்டுனருக்கு பேருந்து நிலையத்தில் இயக்க தக்க பயிற்சி மற்றும் விதிகள் படி இயக்கு வதற்கு அறிவுரை கூற வேண்டும். பேருந்து நிலையத்தில் இருந்து ஒரு பேருந்து வெளியில் வர குறைந்தது ஒரு மணி நேரம் செலவிடப்படுகிறது 5.தமிழ் நாட்டில் இலவச கழிப்பிடங்களை முறையாக பேண கட்டளையிட வேண்டும் 6.மொத்தத்தில் சுகாதரத்திற்கு போதிய கவனஈர்ப்பை மக்களிடம் ஏற்படுத்த வேண்டும். இல்லையென்றால் இம்முறையும் மழை காலங்களில் நம் தமிழ் நாடு நோய்களால் பாதிக்க நேரிடும்

Super 30’s Anand suggests reforms to PM The brain behind Patna-based coaching institute Super 30, Anand Kumar, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi on Wednesday and suggested various ways to reform the education system. The Prime Minister had invited Kumar, who has received worldwide acclaim and recognition for his institute’s electrifying performance. He suggested the Prime Minister focus on the secondary education system first. “If secondary education is weak, students suffer the most. Keeping in view different sets of students, the Ministry of Human Resources Development should lay emphasis on two different syllabi – one, for ordinary students and the other, for gifted students,” said Kumar.this should solve the issues of samacheer kalvi becomimg more acceptance to all sections “The syllabus for bright students should provide non-routine challenging problems, so they can develop deep insight into the subjects at an early stage,” he added. The mathematical wizard put in his second suggestion for a free coaching programme on the lines of Super 30 for talented rural students. “This should not be confined to IIT coaching only and can be applied to various streams. At these Government-run training or coaching programmes, students should be provided the best teaching facilities, with free food and lodging, to shape talent,” Kumar told Singh. Started in 2003, Super-30 has sent 182 students out of a total 210 to IIT. Almost all of them are from poor, underprivileged sections of the society. From this year, Kumar has decided to increase the strength of students from 30 to 60 and give more opportunity to those from other States.

Respected Sir Under the strong and fully geared leadership of our Chief Minister and dynamic and vibrant leadership of our Deputy Chief Minister, our state is shining in all field. We salute them for their role in the development of our state in faster pace. Chief Minister's insurance scheme is one of the best scheme in the world. Government has provided many playgrounds in most of the parts of the city. We would request you to provide a playground at our Twelth Street, Nanganallur. Our Nanganallur, North East Welfare Association meeting held two year ago . Our Alandur Legistative Member , Honurable Minister Mr Anbarasan, also given his nod positively for sanctioning a ground with good facility. We request you to expedite the same ;

nowadays school children are unable 2 communicate 2 their residance,wen they r sick @school/try 2 contact their parents from school campus as there s no telephone inside d campus.so i request u sir 2 provide a coin booth in each school esply in govt.schools/govt aided schools bcoz i hav seen students rushing out 2 make calls from school.moreover many schools hav this pco booth line n their campus but misusing for their office purpose.if it s provided it wl b helpful for children.the same line can b controlled by d HM OF D SCHOL

dear sir, I congrats you for your all new developements. I also suggest to electricity demand problem, for avoid that pls allow the high society people to implement the SOLAR ENERGY system in their houses with government subsidy,In australia many of the houses implement this scheme and get high satisfaction. thanks a lot s.sivaganesan

In Mayiladuturai town now two busstands are functioning.In the new busstand basic amenities are very very poor.The very basic toilet facility is not provided by the municipality.Hence the peoples are very much suffer.More over shelter for the passengers are not provided properly.HENCE THE PASSENGERS ARE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUS STAND UNDER OPEN SKY.IN THE RAINY SEASON PASSENGERS ARE VERY MUCH SUFFER.HENCE IT IS REQUESTED TO INSTRUCT THE LOCAL MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES TO TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO PROVIDE TOILETS AND SHELTERS.

Sir, I stay at Jafferkhanpet (Nagappan Street),we have overhead electricity wires on the road which is very risky for all the people in our locality, we have already informed EB department regarding this issues but no action is being taken yet. Request your intervention in this issues and order EB department to have all the wires below the road rather than overhead wires. Do the needful sir.

Dear and Near My heartiest Deputy CM, I bow my head and initially i salute for your valuable works which you are contributing. Sir My colleague who is working as a car driver in our company has two girl kids.He had applied for the Govt welfare scheme (two girl kids from the poorer family.) on 13/3/2009 at Kuralagam office on 13th march 2009. He had not received the money till now.When he applied for the scheme they told to contact after 6months but after 6 Months they are saying come after 6Months.No response from there.So My humble request you to resolve the problem and help him. The reference number is 2193 dated 13/3/2009. Hope you will brighten his life by resolving the same. Again i Thank You and My Best wishes to all the Success in future also.

Respected & beloved Deputy C M Our people salute you and the government for various welfare schemes. Kalaigyar kaapeetu thittam is a real gem in the crown. i have a suggestion in this regard.kalaigyar kapeetu thittam may be extended to even for people having more than an annual icome of Rs72000/ by asking them to pay a small amount as premium. many people having more than Rs72000/ income find it difficult to meet medical expenses. be kind enough to give a thought. i wish u success and bright future

மரியாதைக்குரிய துணை முதல்வர் அவர்களுக்கு !! தமிழ் நாட்டில் இன்றைக்கு பல வளர்ச்சி பணிகளுக்காக நீங்கள் ஆற்றி வரும் கள பணியை எளிதில் யாரும் மறக்க முடியாது , சட்ட சபை தொடங்கி - சுயஉதவி குழு வரை நீங்கள் எடுக்கும் எல்லா முயற்சிகளும் வரவேற்க கூடியது. உலக தமிழ் செம்மொழி மாநாடு நடக்க இருக்கும் நிலையில் ஒரு சில செய்திகளை மட்டும் உங்கள் பாதங்களை தொட்டு குறிப்பிட கடமை பட்டு உள்ளேன் . ௧. தமிழ் வழியில் மட்டும் பாடம் கற்று தரும் பள்ளிகளுக்கு சிறப்பு அந்தஸ்து வழங்கும் விதத்தில் தமிழக அரசு நிதிஉதவி பெரும் பள்ளிகளாக ( தொடக்க , இடைநிலை , உயர்நிலை ) அவை மாற்றம் பெற தாங்கள் முயற்சி மேற்கொள்ள் வேண்டும் . இன்றைக்கு ஆங்கில மோகம் தலை விரித்து ஆடும் நிலையில் தமிழ் வழியில் பாடம் கற்று தரும் பள்ளிகளுக்கு உரிய அந்தஸ்தை தாங்கள் பெற்று தர வேண்டும். ௨. இது கண்டிப்பாக தமிழ் வழி கல்வியை அங்கீகரிப்பது போன்று ஆகும் மூன்று ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னால் தொடங்க பட்டு அல்லது அதற்க்கு முன்பாக தொடங்க பட்ட கல்வி நிலையங்கள் ( தமிழ் வழி கல்வி மட்டும் கற்பிக்கும் நிறுவங்கள் ) இதில் பயன்பெறும் பட்சத்தில் கண்டிப்பாக இந்த அரசின் மகத்தான சாதனையாக இந்த செயல் அமையும். உங்கள் பணி சிறக்க என் வாழ்த்துக்கள் அசோக் பொது செயலாளர் மாணவர் பேரவை (2007-2008) லயோலா கல்லூரி சென்னை

please plant more trees in road side as wellas in whole tamilnadu please give more awarness to people to plant more and more trees as well as in chennai also

Dear Sir, I would like to high light a few points regarding traffic congestion in chennai. [1]The Main reason for the traffic congestion in chennai are autorickshaws which are plying illegaly without valid permits and without valid licences. [2]These autos park illegaly in all places leading to huge traffic congestion, and when the common public question them they are being abused badly. [3]These vehicles cause huge air pollution mostly because they ply in two stroke engines and cause huge noice pollution by tampering with their silencers [these autos doesnt care about the inconvenience they cause to other drivers on the road because of these huge noice pollution]. Most auto drivers modify the silencers as a result of which it becomes very loud. The noise is deafening, when they drive at high speeds. Apart from this, most autos also emit noxious fumes which are harmful to the environment. Pollution control checks by the authorities concerned are essential for stopping the ever increasing air and noise pollution by the autos.

Dear deputy CM, Congratulations and Greetings for your development measures. Through out our state now the 4 track roads are in a completion phase. But due to lack of knowledge, Assaults many vehicle drivers and aside villagers(two wheelers) are travelling in opposite side in same track. This lead to no of accidents and loss of life daily. (Yesterday also around 14 members of a marriage party died near Nagercoil). The remidy , essential and need of this hour is to educate people about risk of travelling in opposite direction in 4TRACK roads and to adopt strict patrol in roads to punish law breakers. If we miss this time then we will be responsible for the future deaths in roads. Sir also a pathetic situation in our roads(with in city) is lack of traffic polices, even though number of women constables are there, afonders rarely obey them. Please empower them to fine at spot and employ more men constables(Traffic police are very less empowered) Please do the needful. Awaiting for the fruitful actions in these regard. Thank you

uncle we are not getting any cartoon channels so in chithiram we expet that you will put nice cartoons like ben10,billy,power rangers,scooby doo etc.tahank tou.

Dear sir , i am happy to this post for my honorable deputy chief minister ,.here i am going to share few things.i do not know whether you are going to see this or not .,because this is my first visit to your portal.improving quality of government schools.,why private schools are dominating.,is they providing more salary .,of course not ,but each staff in government schools getting more ,the reason is laziness in their job ,because there are government employees .,they know if any issue government should favor to them,if this continue government schools will go some more distance below to ground level, sir,every service getting improvement by their feed back.,so we have to implement that in an effective manner .,they should get punishment for poor performance ,mean while they perform we should reward them ., continuous assessment is needed for each and every government schools of tamilnadu.,so i request you consider this an important issue. Thanking you

respected thalapathy iam resident of new washermen pet ch 81 in our area there are two busstands crossroad and lakshmi koil the two stands didnt have any shelters in this summer old people are very much affected when waiting for bus so please consruct bus shelters in this busstands thanking you

Respected sir,It is a known fact that job positions of the employees in each depatrment of tamilnadu govt. are being made permanent.And we appreciate it very much.In this account i would like to bring to your kind notice about the job of my father.He has been working as a sweeper in Govt.Hr.Secondary School,Andimadam,Ariyalur(Dt) for more than 10 years.But his position has not been made permanent till now.So i request you to kindly look into the matter and see that it would help us.We will be really greatfull to you

Sir, I am glad to se your web site and grievances reported online to you. This is a major improvement in administration. However the results of the grievances attended may also be published there itself so that it will become an answer to similar grievances. I wish to add some important points regarding ground water in Tamilnadu so that you please kindly take some actions on that lines which will surely benefit our government and ground water potential. In Tamilnadu all are drawing a large quantity of ground water for all uses. Of this ground water drawn and used for irrigation purpose will again go in to the aquifer and will not be a major problem. Whereas the ground water drawn and used for major industries are only used as raw material for their production and the let out water creates pollution. Though they are using precious ground water for their production they are not paying for it. The chief Engineer, Ground water in his below mentioned letter has sent a proposal for pricing of ground water. [ Lr. No.G8 / 29 S / Legislation / 2010 Dated 28 .01.2010 SUB: Pricing of Ground Water on Par with surface water to Firms / Industries / Organisations which apply for drawal of the same for their usage – Necessity of the hour – Proposals sent to Govt – Reg. ] Though this pricing is low , if implemented gradually, will add a substantial inflow to the coffers. Also unnecessary drawal by industries will be reduced and they will search for better alternatives than to draw from ground water such as surface storage within their premises etc., Surely this proposal if implemented atleast for major industries will show better results in State’s income and improvements in Ground water scenario. Thanks to You,Sir, Abdul Kalam Dasan

Sir, Small request. Chennai has lots of 2 and 4 wheelers but not enough parking areas. Is it possible/feasible to build muliti story Parking lots above rivers such as Adyar, Coovam, in busstand etc. Govt. can earn money from these lots too.. Thanks

Respected Sir, On behalf of the aspirants of Group-I services, I wish to bring the following facts to your kind attention: At present, in Group-I exam, TNPSC adopts the 1:10 ratio (10 times the number of vacancies) for selecting candidates to the Main written examination from those who have appeared for the Preliminary exam. As there only 61 vacancies this year, just about 610 students will get the chance to write the main examination. From media reports, I gather that about 93,000 candidates have taken the preliminary examination held on May 2, 2010. So, only 0.6% of the candidates will be shortlisted for the next level. • Total Number of Candidates: 93,000 • Vacancies: 61 • Ratio of candidates taking prelims: 1:1524 • No of Candidates to be Admitted for Main Exam: 610 as per 1:10 ratio • Selection Percentage: 0.6% • Selection Chance for Open Competition (Men): 0.1% • Rejection Percentage at Prelims – 99.4 % From the foregoing, it is clear that only a handful get the chance to proceed to the next level of selection. Though the very purpose of the preliminary examination is to weed out non-serious candidates, the 1:10 selection ratio deprives hundreds of serious candidates too from taking the Main written exam, the real exam for selection. The preliminary examination weeds out 99.4 % of the aspirants. Cogency of thought and expression, analytical thinking are all tested only at the Main exam stage. But, due to the adoption of the 1:10 rule, a large number of candidates who possess good writing skills and aptitude for administration do not get a chance to appear at the main exam at all. The important aspect of this process is that a lot of ‘environmental’ factors contribute for the success or failure of the students. Ambiguous questions, wrong options etc also play a significant role, though TNPSC takes sincere action to make corrections after getting the feedback of the students. With number of vacancies remaining low, competition becoming very stiff and interplay of environmental factors severe, the rejection percentage at the preliminary examination should not be so high. Especially, when Main Examination is the real test of selection, rejecting 99.4% of the candidates at the gate itself does not sound fair. An analysis of the selection process of the current year’s UPSC exam: • Total No of candidates appeared for Prelims: 1,93,091 • No of candidates admitted to Mains: 12,026 • Selection Percentage: 6.2% • Rejection percentage at Prelims – 93.8% Scenario Elsewhere As you may be aware, the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission adopts 1:50 ratio successfully for the past several years. This gives ample opportunity for the youths to compete well. Bihar PSC allows all those who obtain 40% and above at the Prelims to take the main exam. Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and even the UPSC adopt a higher selection ratio in the prelims. 1:50 ratio in Tamil Nadu – The Appeal At present, the ratio followed by TNPSC (1:10) is the lowest in the country. If TNPSC adopts 1:50 ratio, about 3050 students will get a chance to write the Main Examination this year. That means, 3.2 % of the aspirants will be selected for the next level. 1:50 ratio will be very much manageable as only a few thousands will take the Main exam every year. The number of vacancies has hovered around 60-100 every year, barring 2007 when the vacancies were 172 as the exam was held after a gap of 6 years. The TNPSC website states that during the 1960s, the competition for Group-I services remained at the rate of 1:6, it got increased to 1:35 in the 70s and in 1992, it rose to 1:1000. At present, for a single post, nearly 1524 candidates are competing at the Prelims – so the ratio has risen to 1:1524. The present system of 1:10 rule was formulated when the competition was not so stiff. Should the selection ratio not be increased in proportion to the competition? From 1:1524 at the prelims, a filtration of 1:10 at Main exam stage seems very drastic. 1:50 would be more appropriate and manageable. Apart from communal reservation, the reservation for women and differently-abled persons have complicated the scenario further. So, adoption of 1:50 selection ratio in the preliminary examination will ensure fairness in competition. On behalf of thousands of aspirants, I appeal to you Sir, to increase the selection ratio to 1:50 for this year’s exam and enable more students to appear at the main exam, the real test for selection. R Venkatramani, Press Reporter

Sir, I would like to bring to your notice that the free colour television set is yet to delivered to our counsil area of sangiliyandapuram of thiruverumbur legislative region. So I request you to kindly do the needful in this regard. sincerely sathish

i am happy at alst autopermits are issued to anyone .natuarlly we citizens of madras especially middle class are unable to trek between twoplaces aor when we take auto,we would like to go to differentpalces which is not possibleleave alone going fromt nagar to railawy stn or vice versa i suggets the following 1.paint the newly auto permits auto differently so that public can distiguish between those owned by poilce invariablly 60percent ,which may not be there. 2.if any complaint is given against new permits and if it is more than five times licence permits will be cancelled . 3.dispaly the ownership adress,landline tel no,mobile tel no aand permit no so that pub;ic can note down in case of complaints. 4.per km can be fixed for 7rs per km and minimum 20 rs which will travel for 2 kms . 5.no auto should refuse to ply first implenment all above and let us see the worst thing in chennai is middle classpeople is unable to move freely and so every body buying scooter,bike and cars even at loans at higher rate to avoid daily confrontation

sir, you are doing awonderful job in bringing fast developments in Tamil nadu. I am have small scale industries but not getting enough manpower due to free schems and job for Rs 100 per day . If this scheme is modified that if any works in factory or farmers land then they will get wages from the factory aswell as govt offer of Rs 100. Since there is no task defined for the free employeement scheme many are getting wages with out doing constructively anything for the state. So I request you to encourgae the people to work in Agri land small scale industries so that sufficient labour will also be available and they get more wages also . Sir, please do something otherwise all SSI units will die down and people will become so lazy to do any work in future. V.Vimala

Recently there was a news that in UK there is separate park for senior citicens.This concept can be tried in Chennai and other cities.