Weekend trip turns into a nightmare for tourists heading to #Kodaikanal! Heavy rains & floods have cut off roads to the hill station, leaving cars and buses stranded for nearly two hours. #TNRain #TamilNaduRain #TamilNaduWeather #Kodaikanal

Shelters outside new born care unit at #Madurai Govt Hospital were removed for @CMOTamilnadu visit to launch Thaai Maaman Thanga Mothiram scheme in Sept. Yet to be restored. Attenders wait in sun & rain elsewhere. Even patients are moved between blocks uncovered. @ahamedali97

Two popular textile showrooms in #Madurai have parking on the #Vaigai riverbed! Once flourishing, then a dumping ground, Vaigai now hosts cars even as a ₹79.26 crore riverfront project is tendered. Worse, @Mdu_CityPolice appear to facilitate it. MP @SuVe4Madurai flagged this.

Students fainted at a govt-organised sports meet in #Madurai amid shortages of drinking water & electrolyte drinks. Toilets lacked latches, forcing students to stand guard as friends used them. Sewage overflowed & biomedical waste lay strewn around. My colleague Jaden reports.

SHOCKING: Pregnant woman & her newborn contracted HIV after an infected blood transfusion at #Trichy govt hospital in 2022. Oct 14: Donor’s blood tested negative. Oct 15: Sample tested HIV-reactive. Oct 22: It was transfused. Court orders ₹20 lakh each. Who is accountable?

Unidentified drone found inside #Coimbatore airport during @CMOTamilnadu @TVKVijayHQ Oct 1 visit. Before his next visit, @tnpoliceoffl may get "ANTI-DRONE GUNS." Intelligence Wing floats ₹1.5 crore tender for guns that jam drone signals, making them hover, land or return.

WEATHER UPDATE | FLOOD ALERT: Heavy rain lashes #Theni, particularly #Andipatti & surrounding areas. With sudden flooding feared in #Vaigai, @Tnicollector has warned people against bathing, playing or venturing along riverbanks. Tourists advised to stay away from waterfalls.

Covering #NaviPillay's @NobelPrize celebrations in her ancestral Dindigul, I stumbled upon her relatives. They recalled her 2007 trip to find kin with a photo her father gave & how she traced them after a week's search. They've exchanged letters since & now invited her back.

English-medium education comes at a price in Tamil Nadu’s govt-aided schools! Schools demand ₹7,500 to ₹15,000 as 'special fees', while govt-fixed fee is Just ₹200 to ₹500. Attached: #Virudhunagar CEO's warning circular & action directive on complaint by SC/ST teachers.

#VETTRI_PAYANAM: Retired buses in #Chennai, dumped in districts? Rule: Replace buses at 9 years or 12 lakh km, whichever comes first. Yet @MtcChennai sends 383 old buses to #Madurai, #Villupuram & others. ALL 126 sought by Villupuram CROSSED 9 years! Sharing bus list as proof.

FINALLY, #Madurai Metro demand reaches @narendramodi directly! Sharing the stage, @CMOTamilnadu urges a rethink on Madurai & #Coimbatore #Metro projects. Madurai plan: • Thirumangalam–Othakadai • 31.93 km • 26 stations • ₹11,368 crore • DPR returned twice by Centre

Amid #TNByElection & #protests, a tragedy. No toilet at home. Community toilets unusable. A woman went to relieve herself in bushes at 9 pm. A wild boar attacked & killed her. The irony? Her panchayat, Ariyanendal, was a @swachhbharat ‘model village’ touted as a success story.

While #Madurai has little to cheer about on new flights, some good news for @aaimduairport commuters. • Private cars can use pickup/drop lanes free • The 12-minute exit clock is gone • Cabs pay ₹80, down from ₹135, to collect passengers • Parking drops to ₹40 for 30 mins

Not even a week into expanded #Vettri_payanam scheme, TNSTC #Madurai is struggling for funds to keep enough buses on road. The strain shows in two ways: courts are seizing buses over unpaid accident compensation. Poor maintenance causes breakdowns. @TamilanParthib1 :answers?

Refusing to accept a body until police act has often seen in Tamil Nadu’s districts. #Theni saw a stranger version on Monday: a woman brought her dead puppy to the Collectorate. She refused to bury it until action was taken over an assault on her that ended in the puppy’s death

Most TN cities already use handheld speed radars. @Maduraidistpol1 has joined the party late -- with a TRIPOD CAMERA! It isn’t linked to Vahan Portal & only clicks speeding vehicles. Cops must manually verify later & issue e-challans. Tech upgrade or taxpayer-funded photo-op?

Wrong-side driving is becoming the new normal in #Madurai. Two-wheelers, cars, goods vehicles -- everyone feels entitled to the lane they choose. Even flyovers & U-turns are now wrong-side hotspots. Police book 30 cases a day. Enforcement looks like attendance, not deterrence.

This #TVK government does listen and act -- sometimes after a little push. Since 2024, govt buses on Theni-Bodi route collected Rs 4 extra per ticket. @timesofindia flagged it and fare is now revised to Rs 11. RTO takes action against 6 buses. @arasubus @TamilanParthib1