My village is in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu, about 35 km from Tuticorin town. I decided to go to Sivakasi to see the assembly election trend there. So I got into a bus (1) to Tuticorin. I reached the old bus-stand and was very happy to see a bus with the board saying Sivakasi.
I got in (2) and the conductor asked me where I wanted to go. When I told him, he said this bus would leave the new bus stand after an hour so I should go in an earlier bus.
So I got down and boarded a bus (3) to Kovilpatti as there was no direct bus for me. From Kovilpatti I took another bus (4) to Sattur. It takes 30 minutes from Kovilpatti to Sattur. Imagine my shock when after 10 minutes the bus halted at a restaurant for a '20 minutes refreshment break'. There were six other buses halted there. I got into one (5) leaving for Sattur.
From Sattur I got a bus to Sivakasi (6).
After finishing my work there I saw a bus (7) leaving for Tuticorin. A feeling of déjà vu when the conductor said it was better I bought a ticket for Sattur as there would be a 25 minute halt there. I did not argue. I boarded (8) another bus from Sattur to Tuticorin.
This one took me to the new bus stand there and I boarded a mini bus (9) to the old bus stand. There was no bus to my village but there was one (10) to Eral which is on the way. From Eral I got another mini bus (11) to Kurumbur. And one more mini bus (12) to my village.
I was very happy. I had not waited even for one bus. I had been on the move throughout and covered 270 km.
– Ganesh Nadar
12 buses, 270 km in Tamil Nadu
Posted in Politics.
– April 26, 2006
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Is it a kind of cynical mockery ? Just to travel 270 Km you have to take
12 buses Vs people who can afford to travel 20,000 Kms on a single
flight ???
Wat ever the case may be… atleast a connectivity issue on our country
is being brought to light !!!
@ Sunny: Thirukovilur is near Villupuram. So get on a bus from Chennai to
Villupuram. There are zillion buses to Villupuram since all buses from Chennai
en route to Trichy/Madurai/Thanjavur/Kumbakonam etc. have to go through
Villupuram. from Chennai. And from there on, you can catch a bus to
Thirukovilur, which is approx. an hour’s ride, I guess.
Hey friend,
I m trying to locate a place down south-
Its a village - keezhaiyur [ donno if i got that rite ] or it is called
thirukovilur . They say keezhaiyur might be an old name for the place. Its
in thiruannamalai district.
It is said that in this village there is an old Shiva temple may be more
than 100 years old and there is one goddess temple.
I am trying to locate a priest family who were in the shiva temple some
100 years ago. May be their lineages would be still there.
Jus wanna know if such place exist, how do i reach this place and how
do i track the family ????
all suggestions welcomed.
you never said from where u started the journey..but u have succeeded
a little in making your journey interesting
so iz’that all for election !!!