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  Sending out a message of solidarity with the government of Tamil Nadu, Sadhguru, Founder-Isha Foundation, offered the premises of Isha Vidhya schools to the administration for use as COVID care centers. The schools are in Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Nagercoil, Thoothukudi, Villupuram, Cuddalore and Dharmapuri districts. In a post on his Twitter handle, Sadhguru wrote: “We are offering premises of #IshaVidhya schools to Tamil Nadu government as #COVID care centers with a bed capacity of 990. I appeal to the community to unite in strengthening the hands of the administration to overcome this challenge.” His message comes at a time when Tamil Nadu is reeling under a second onslaught of the virus. Last year, Sadhguru contributed Rs 11.54 crore to Isha’s community outreach efforts in villages around the Yoga Center in Thondamuthur. The funds were raised through online auction of three of his paintings.Isha volunteers used the proceeds from the auction to provide food and an immunity...

     The State Highways Department is laying concrete on the paved shoulders from Lakshmi Mills junction to Nava India on either side of Avinashi Road The city is getting ready for flyovers at Ukkadam and on Trichy Road, Mettupalayam Road, and Avinashi Road. Works are also on to start widening of Sathyamangalam Road. With efforts on to complete the works at the earliest, the existing roads on these stretches are seeing a few changes. The State Highways Department is laying concrete on the paved shoulders from Lakshmi Mills junction to Nava India on either side of Avinashi Road. This is to have more space for vehicles when the flyover works start, said an official of the Department. In Peelamedu, the existing footpath may have to be removed to provide additional space for vehicles. There will be just single lane space on either side of the road when pillar works start. Hence, it was decided to create additional space on the road side as a temporary measure. Const...

  Damaged stretch of road in Coimbatore city to be restored by Saturday morning Coimbatore Corporation will complete by Saturday morning the work to restore the damaged Perks School Arch Road. The road, on which the Corporation was laying an underground sewer line, was damaged in Wednesday’s rain. It caved in at a few places, leaving some vehicles stuck.   Sources said heavy rain on Wednesday night inundated a vacant site adjacent to a four-metre deep trench the Corporation had dug on the road to lay a sewer line. Rain water from the vacant site flowed into the trench and damaged the road. Though the civic body began the restoration work on Thursday morning to allow vehicle movement, a loose packing of the earth led to the surface caving in.  

    As many as 6,500-plus participants from across the globe participated in seven categories in ‘Run Smart’, the virtual edition of the Coimbatore Marathon 2020 held from December 1 to 31.      The event had garnered the participation of people from all walks of life. Dr. T. Balaji, Managing Trustee of the Coimbatore Cancer Foundation, said, “when we conceived the idea of a marathon, we never expected that it will be welcomed by the residents of Coimbatore to this extent.” CCF had recently launched its dream project Aravanippu - a model rural home care palliative service. As many as 6,500-plus participants from across the globe participated in seven categories in ‘Run Smart’, the virtual edition of the Coimbatore Marathon 2020 held from December 1 to 31.      The event had garnered the participation of people from all walks of life. Dr. T. Balaji, Managing Trustee of the Coimbatore Cancer Foundation, said, “when we conceived the idea of a maratho...

     Coimbatore Corporation demolished encroached houses on the bund of Selvampathy tank, occupants of which were evicted earlier, on Thursday.      According to K. Sathya, assistant town planning officer, 141 houses were removed till Thursday evening.      The civic body is planning to raze down the remaining houses on the tank bund on Sundapalayam road on Friday. “There are 380 encroached houses which we have identified for demolition. In the first phase, 207 houses will be demolished, of which 141 were completed on Thursday,” she said. The power connections of the 207 houses were cut on December 30.           Families, who stayed in the houses, had shifted to the Slum Clearance Board apartment units at Kovaipudur along with their belongings. More than 50 police personnel were deployed at the location for the maintenance of law and order during the demolition.