LEADER SPEAK
Libraries in Trivandrum should be fully digitalized
Trivandrum must have more open spaces for people to unwind . ‘ Gandhi Park ’, located in the heart of the city and the museum premises is often crowded ; this testifies that people are on the lookout for an open space to steam off their tensions and ease themselves from the hurry-burry life .
Open space is too precious an ingredient for healthy and sane urban living that it should not be sacrificed in the name of development .
Trivandrum Zoo can be relocated to another place , nearby by Neyyar dam or any other location and that
place can be converted to open space . If the zoo gets converted to open space , it will be a perfect blend of beauty and calmness where people can relax , walk , jog , play and picnic .
The city and suburbs have been acquiring such a concrete hue that greenery has vanished from Trivandrum city region . The artery of Trivandrum , the Thampanoor- Over bridge road is darkly lit after dusk .
The street lighting in the area must be improved and the roads in the region should be in the line of Kowdiyar – Vellayambalam road . The area in front of the Secretariat gates
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will often have beehive of activities like dharnas , hunger strikes and so on . Separate place for agitations , stirs would be a good idea . As if now agitations often happen before secretariat road , thereby causing traffic congestions .
Development of Trivandrum will be incomplete without development of its libraries . Libraries in Trivandrum should be fully digitalized and steps should be taken to preserve rare documents and many rare books .
Classification of books and the way in which the books are arranged should be made user-friendly .
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
July 2013
METRO mart