Thumbs up to AIADMK party in all the eight municipalities in Cuddalore District

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CUDDALORE: 

        Cuddalore has turned into a bastion for the ruling AIADMK as its candidates emerged victorious in all the eight municipalities in the district. The party also performed well in 14 out of 16 town panchayats in the district except for Vadalur and Parangipet.

           The state government’s welfare schemes seem to have swung both the urban and rural voters towards the AIADMK as the it won the chairmanships of Cuddalore, Nellikuppam, Panruti, Chidambaram and Virudhachalam municipalities in the district. The vote margins between AIADMK candidates and their nearest rivals are also huge.

           CK Subramaniyan (AIADMK) secured 39,634 while his nearest rival KS Raja (DMK) got 21,517. S Dhanasekaran of CPM got 5348 votes and P Thamaraiselvan of the VCK got 4799 votes.

Out of 45 wards AIADMK swept 26 wards, 

DMK won in 5 wards, 

PMK in 3 wards, 

VCK won in 2 wards while Congress and DMDK won one ward each 

and the independent candidates emerged victorious in seven wards.

Chidambaram 

             AIADMK’s Nirmala Sundar defeated DMK candidate S Ezhilmathi with a margin of 6988 votes. Nirmala secured 16, 318 votes whereas Ezhilmathi got 9330 votes. CPM’s H.Bowjiya Begam finished third with 3017 votes.

Panruti

         AIADMK candidate P Paneerselvam emerged triumphant with 14,790 votes while S Ananthi of the DMK got 6469 votes. Congress candidate R Panchavarnam finished third with 6160 votes and DMDK’s S Arivoli got 4680 votes.

Out of 33 wards in the region,

the AIADMK emerged victorious in a total of 24 wards, 

DMK in 6 wards, 

DMDK in 2 wards and 

the CPI candidate in  one ward.

Nellikuppam

S Sudhakar, AIADMK candidate, became the chairman of Nellikuppam municipality by scoring 9730 votes while his opponent S Pugazendhi of DMK got 5431 votes.

Vrridhachalam

            AIADMK candidate R D Aranganathan won by securing 13,857 votes and DMK’s V Thatchinamoorthy got 9230 votes. DMDK candidate R Ananthagopal garnered 4131 votes while PMK’s Murugan secured 2731 votes.

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Thumbs up to AIADMK party in all the eight municipalities in Cuddalore District

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CUDDALORE: 

        Cuddalore has turned into a bastion for the ruling AIADMK as its candidates emerged victorious in all the eight municipalities in the district. The party also performed well in 14 out of 16 town panchayats in the district except for Vadalur and Parangipet.

           The state government’s welfare schemes seem to have swung both the urban and rural voters towards the AIADMK as the it won the chairmanships of Cuddalore, Nellikuppam, Panruti, Chidambaram and Virudhachalam municipalities in the district. The vote margins between AIADMK candidates and their nearest rivals are also huge.

           CK Subramaniyan (AIADMK) secured 39,634 while his nearest rival KS Raja (DMK) got 21,517. S Dhanasekaran of CPM got 5348 votes and P Thamaraiselvan of the VCK got 4799 votes.

Out of 45 wards AIADMK swept 26 wards, 

DMK won in 5 wards, 

PMK in 3 wards, 

VCK won in 2 wards while Congress and DMDK won one ward each 

and the independent candidates emerged victorious in seven wards.

Chidambaram 

             AIADMK’s Nirmala Sundar defeated DMK candidate S Ezhilmathi with a margin of 6988 votes. Nirmala secured 16, 318 votes whereas Ezhilmathi got 9330 votes. CPM’s H.Bowjiya Begam finished third with 3017 votes.

Panruti

         AIADMK candidate P Paneerselvam emerged triumphant with 14,790 votes while S Ananthi of the DMK got 6469 votes. Congress candidate R Panchavarnam finished third with 6160 votes and DMDK’s S Arivoli got 4680 votes.

Out of 33 wards in the region,

the AIADMK emerged victorious in a total of 24 wards, 

DMK in 6 wards, 

DMDK in 2 wards and 

the CPI candidate in  one ward.

Nellikuppam

S Sudhakar, AIADMK candidate, became the chairman of Nellikuppam municipality by scoring 9730 votes while his opponent S Pugazendhi of DMK got 5431 votes.

Vrridhachalam

            AIADMK candidate R D Aranganathan won by securing 13,857 votes and DMK’s V Thatchinamoorthy got 9230 votes. DMDK candidate R Ananthagopal garnered 4131 votes while PMK’s Murugan secured 2731 votes.

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Cuddalore Students spending their exam holidays for local body election

CUDDALORE: 

       While every other student is spending their exam holidays in leisure, some have taken the initiative to help their friend’s father, who is contesting for a ward member post, in the local body election.

         S Karthikeyan, father of a Class nine student K Kaviya Arasan, is contesting from ward number eight in Cuddalore Municipality for the Congress party. It was Kaviya and his seven friends who took up the duty of spreading the message of the arrival of Union Minister GK Vasan in Cuddalore on Sunday evening. They disseminated the message to the residents by using loudspeakers attached to an auto.

          The children began their canvassing on October 3 after Karthikeyan was announced as the Congress candidate. They are also campaigning for AS Chandrasekaran who is a chairman candidate. These students, who are not even eligible to vote, said they are doing this only for the reason of friendship and not for money. R Anandhan, a student, said, “Many people are campaigning for money. But we are campaigning merely for the sake of friendship and without expecting anything from my friend. Friendship is above money.”

      The group hired an auto and has been canvassing 10 am to 5 pm everyday during the holidays. “We have decided to spend our holidays in campaigning for my classmate’s father as he is very close to all of us. During free time we play together at Kaviya Arasan’s house. His father knows us well,” said S Revinkumar and G Ajay, schoolmates of Kaviya Arasan. Karthikeyan, congress candidate, said, “They have been coming to my house every day and are very close to my son. They do not know much about politics and moreover they may not have any knowledge of how politics work. But they are doing this solely because of friendship. ”

           In most of the campaigns it is very common to see people campaigning for certain parties because of leaders or ideologies or caste or money but in this case it is rather surprising to see how the children value their friendship.

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Women besiege Cuddalore Municipal Chairman

Residents of Cuddalore demanding free colour television sets from Municipal chairman T.Thangarasu on Monday.

CUDDALORE: 

            The residents, including women, of certain wards in Cuddalore town on Monday besieged Municipal Chairman T.Thangarasu at his office and demanded free colour television sets.

Shortage of TV sets

           The Chairman told them that of the total requirement of 44,000 TV sets the civic body received only 24,000 sets. Therefore, there was a shortage of 20,000 sets that could be fulfilled only after the recent tender procedure initiated by the State government for procuring new TV consignment was completed. In fact, the civic body hoped to withhold the distribution of the TV sets till all the sets were landed.

         But apprehensive of the fact that once the schedule for the Assembly elections was announced the Election Commission might prohibit distribution of the TV sets it was decided to give away the TV sets at random to the residents of various wards. If the new consignment arrives after the initiation of the poll process the distribution could be commenced on the pretext that it was only an on-going project and therefore, should not be construed as an inducement to voters.

               The Chairman told them that he had written letters to the Municipal Commissioner and District Collector to take appropriate measures for obtaining the adequate number of TV sets and it was up to them to arrange for it. The residents later dispersed.

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Over 200 fishermen taken into custody

MLA G. Aiyappan and municipal chairman T. Thangarasu along with partymen during a protest in Cuddalore on Wednesday.

CUDDALORE: 

        MLA G.Aiyappan, municipal chairman T. Thangarasu and over 200 fishermen owing allegiance to the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam were taken into custody when they tried to besiege the Cuddalore Port office here on Wednesday.

         They were protesting the arrest of 106 fishermen from Akkarapettai in Nagapattinam district by the Sri Lankan Navy. They raised slogans decrying the action of the Sri Lankan Navy. It was reported that 106 fishermen had set sail from Akkarapettai on February 12 in 18 boats. They were surrounded by Sri Lankan fishermen and handed over to the Sri Lankan Navy. Health Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam, who addressed the gathering in front of the Port office, said that though the agitation was organised at short notice, there was huge gathering of fishermen and it indicated the seriousness of the problem.

           The State government had been expressing displeasure over the ill-treatment meted out to Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy on the high seas and, therefore, it had taken up the fishermen's cause with the authorities concerned. If justice is not rendered to the Tamil Nadu fishermen, the agitation would continue, Mr. Panneerselvam said. After the Minister left, the police personnel rounded up the protestors. Before boarding the police van, Mr. Aiyappan said that the Sri Lankan Navy should free the Tamil Nadu fishermen unconditionally and immediately.

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Road works to begin on January 10: Cuddalore Collector

CUDDALORE: 

          Municipal Commissioner S. Ilangovan has issued work orders for taking up repair works on roads that were damaged by the recent rain and floods, Collector P. Seetharaman told reporters here.

         Works on a total of 31 roads for a distance of 14 km would be taken up at a cost of Rs. 70 lakh. The repair works would begin on January 10. Mr. Seetharaman said that under the Special Roads Scheme, re-topping of roads for a distance of 23.72 km would be taken up at a cost of Rs. 10.41 crore in the first phase, and 25.2 km length of roads at a cost of Rs. 9.99 crore in the second phase.

            He underscored the point that work on all these roads would be completed before February 15. By utilising funds sanctioned under the 12th Finance Commission, and, the MP and MLA Local Area Development Funds, roads stretching over a distance of 45 km had already been repaired at a cost of Rs 5.41 crore, Mr. Seetharaman said.

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