00:00Breaking news, Chief Minister Vijay's alleged VVIP culture sparks Rao.
00:05K. Annamalai slams Vijay, says day-long traffic diversions for the Chief Minister,
00:11normal life and daily commute impacted, says think about hospitals, schools and colleges.
00:17Chief Minister Vijay to campaign for bipolar in Dharapuram.
00:21And now Annamalai has slammed the TVK government over the day-long traffic diversions
00:25for Chief Minister Vijay's Dharapuram campaign.
00:28Annamalai has posted that due to Chief Minister Vijay's visit to campaign for the Dharapuram constituency by election,
00:35it appears that numerous traffic diversions have been implemented across multiple areas,
00:40including Coimbatore, Avinashie and Dharapuram for the entire day.
00:45And my colleague Apoorva is now joining us with more details on this.
00:50Apoorva, a very good morning to you.
00:52Tell us more about these traffic diversions and how it is causing inconvenience to the residents
00:57and which is now being also, this issue is now also being taken up by K. Annamalai,
01:02who is slamming the Chief Minister.
01:08Well, a very good morning to you too, Anjali.
01:10Here at Dharapuram, in fact, there has been a complete chock-a-block right from Coimbatore to Dharapuram.
01:17The entire area has been cornered off.
01:19Not only that there are also particular designated red zones that have been allotted by the Coimbatore District Police as
01:25well.
01:25And in fact, traffic throughout, since the morning has been escalating as well.
01:30In each and every area, there have been barricades that have been set up right from, you know,
01:36the police officials who are being stopped at each and every nook and corner, every signal as well.
01:42In fact, this is the very thing that Annamalai has gone ahead and stated.
01:46In fact, Annamalai is a resident of Coimbatore.
01:49He is a resident from this very area and he says that, yes, it is necessary that the Chief Minister's
01:55convoy,
01:55the Chief Minister's, you know, arrival is very important.
01:59There needs to be proper protocol that needs to be followed,
02:01but not at the inconvenience of the common public,
02:04not when the entire area is completely chock-a-block.
02:08In fact, if I can just show you over there,
02:10the police over there are checking each and every vehicle just to ensure
02:15that there aren't any, you know, traffic, unnecessary traffic or any persons
02:20who are not permitted without any passes or such.
02:22Even at the venue in Dharapuram today as well,
02:25we will also be getting to learn that only 5,000 people are allowed that too
02:30with the QR code, the QR passes that will be given to them, provided to them.
02:34But we are also seeing that several public are gathering here,
02:39be it from Tirupur, from Coimbatore,
02:41they are going towards Dharapuram and that is exactly why these kind of roadblocks
02:47have been set in place.
02:48In fact, at the Coimbatore airport,
02:50the entire area has been completely barricaded off left and right centres
02:54just to ensure that the crowds are safely inside the barricades
02:57when Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Joseph C. Vijay, arrives here.
03:01He will be travelling in a roadshow of sorts from Coimbatore to Dharapuram
03:05all through the way campaigning for the Dharapuram candidate for the TVK here.
03:12Thank you for those details from Dharapuram and we will keep coming back to you
03:16for more updates on the story.
03:18So, K. Annamalai has slammed the TVK government and Chief Minister Vijay
03:22who will be campaigning in Dharapuram for the by-elections.
03:26But what K. Annamalai is highlighting is the traffic diversions
03:31that have been made for the Chief Minister's campaigning
03:34and how it is causing inconvenience to the people in Dharapuram.
