Ondipudur residents send postcards to Chief Minister seeking RoB
Residents of Ondipudur in Coimbatore are petitioning the government to construct a road over bridge at a local level crossing. They have sent postcards to the Chief Minister to demand funding and a formal resolution for the project.
Why it matters
This demonstrates how local civic groups use direct action to pressure government bodies for infrastructure development.
Residents from Ondipudur in Coimbatore have sought the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam government to issue a Government Order for a road over bridge (RoB) at level cross 3 at Surya Nagar.
Over a hundred members of the public, led by V. Deivendran, coordinator of the Federation of Ondipudur Residents’ Welfare Associations, Sivalingapuram Residents’ Welfare Association president V. Chockalingam and secretary S. Subramanian, gathered at the sub post office at Ondipudur on Wednesday.
They sent their long-pending demand in post cards addressed to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. The residents wanted the government to allocate the required fund for the bridge construction.
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