Lobbying for restoration of Tiruvarur-Karaikudi train service
The Hindu
THANJAVURRepeated representations by rail users’ associations in Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts to the railways seeking normal services on the Tiruvarur-Karaikudi section have raised hopes of commu
THANJAVUR
Repeated representations by rail users’ associations in Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts to the railways seeking normal services on the Tiruvarur-Karaikudi section have raised hopes of commuters that the services will be restored from January 2022.
The Tiruvarur-Karaikudi section was closed for traffic 11 years back to facilitate the gauge conversion work and the project was completed a few years ago. The track was subsequently cleared for operation of trains.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists