Payyanur Local News

Payyanur: Stir against the increase of Electricity Charges has turned into violence at Payyanur. A KSRTC Bus was set fire by the angry mob near Perumba Bridge today morning. It is reported that in Payyanur area alone 11 buses were destroyed. Five buses were destroyed at Pilathra alone while others were attacked at bypass road and payyanur college junctions. Incidents of stoning at KSEB offices are reported from Pazhayangadi and Trikaripur.

Payyanur: The Payyanur unit of Mahila Congree gave a warm reception to Smt Padmaja Venugopal , the chairperson of KTDC. KP Kunhikannan, the gen secretary of KPCC inaugurated the function held at Gandhi Mandiram. Various congress leaders attended the function. At another function conducted by district tourism counicil,Padmaja inaugurated the functioning of the night class for educating the taxi drivers and the folklore survey. She assured that special consideration will be given to improve the tourism opportunities of Malabar. She expressed her regret to see that Parassinkadavu temple is not listed in the tourism map of the country and on the negligence of the authorities towards folk arts like theyyam.

Payyanur: The first batch of the newly setup CRPF centre at Peringome will begin next month. The centre spread in an area of 275 acres of land can offfer training to 1500 candidates. The first batch will consists of 500 candidates. All facilities like hospital,quarters,recreation centre,reserach centre, shooting field,play grounds etc have been completed. The food items like egg,meat,vegetable and milk, stationery items,firewood etc will be purchased locally which will give a boom to the local business sector. The CRPF centre is expected to bring vast development in the areas like Peringome,Aravanchal, Cherupuzha as well as Payyanur town.

Payyanur: It was a rare sight for the villagers of Chiravak near Thalipparamba, a six-feet deep well in the middle of the national highway. At first there was only a small hole. Soon it began to grow into a big pit. The villagers covered it with stones in order to prevent accidents.

It was when the national highway officials removed the soil and examined it, a deep crevice was discovered underneath. On further digging they found it to be a well made in rock with steps leading to the bottom.

Elderly people of the area said there was a well in that spot and it was covered with soil when the national highway was built. The well reappeared when the soil was swept away. The corporation has started covering up the well with stones.

Payyanur:Finally Payyanur municipality started the maintanance work of the totally collapsed bypass road yesterday. Buses stopped operating through this road from last friday. The long route buses operated directly through NH without touching the town and busstand. Police also didnot interfere since the condition of the road was so pathetic. The inactive attitude of the municipal council towards this condition caused high public criticism. There are very deep gutters formed between BKM junction and the NH on the bypass road. Though maintanance works are carried out frequently it didnt yield any result. In the mean time government action on the vigilanc inquiry report on the allged corruption in the bypass road construction is awaited