"Traffic" man and Traffic Jam!

[Janaki Jambunathan]

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Traffic Ramasamys protest causes Traffic jam on Alagar Koil Road near தமுக்கம்! Real irony!

After an hour of high drama, a section of party cadres removed the banner. Enraged by Mr. Ramaswamy’s protest, a group of AIADMK cadres started abusing him in profane language and tried to gherao him. However, they were stopped by the police.

https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi_ytj8_vvNAhUBu48KHaK-CMIQqQIIHzAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FMadurai%2Faiadmk-banner-removed-after-protest-by-traffic-ramasamy%2Farticle8864344.ece&usg=AFQjCNFYZZMFUrT7QuKbBcDfhTw5T9K8Gg&sig2=RGGBubwZH2e9uAP0Sy4IkQ

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Both Swamys (Subramania Swamy and 'TRaffic' Ramaswamy') don't bother about the fans of political leaders.

 

[yesmohan]

Both Swamys (Subramania Swamy and 'TRaffic' Ramaswamy') don't bother about the fans of political leaders.

Yes; they are the persons who are least bothered about decorum......... in public / private domains.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Yes; they are the persons who are least bothered about decorum......... in public / private domains.

Yes, we also need such persons among us as we live among the politicians who throw decency, decorum, etiqutte, manners, ethics, discipline everything into the air.

 

[vgane]

Traffic Ramaswamy is not eccentric..He has the guts to fight the establishment in TN..It is not an easy task...He gets news coverage but none of the political parties are ready to support him!

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Traffic Ramaswamy is not eccentric..He has the guts to fight the establishment in TN..It is not an easy task...He gets news coverage but none of the political parties are ready to support him!

Source: google images.

 

[yesmohan]

Standing miles away and reading about a person is different;
Standing away and seeing a person is different ;
Standing in between and hearing about a person is different ;
Standing not much away and knowing about a person is different ;
Standing close by and observing a person is different ;

Last one may be nearer to absolute truth; but the first one may be nearer to truth.... like "padam paarththu kathai sollu"

But anything depends upon the ability of the person who reads, see,hear, view,observe anything without any bias.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

I am just bringing to the attention of Members a thread under caption Traffic Ramasamy - A chennai based true public volunteer' started by P.J. way back on 16.12.2014 which is self-explanatory:

In 2004 when advocates were boycotting courts in Tamil Nadu, his PIL in the Supreme Court, upheld his contention and 160 advocates were arrested. Again when the lawyers were on strike on Sri Lankan Tamils issue and on subsequent attack by police on them, with shamiana spread on full length of the road, blocking one-way traffic for more than 35 days, this ‘Traffic’ could not keep quite, he was out with his weapon—PIL. That’s all some lawyers went to ’kill’ him. There is a case against 10 lawyers, FIR filed and pending.

His PILs

Recent PIL questioned Tamil New Year change

His recent two PILs are noteworthy. His one PIL challenged the government’s move to make the first day of the Tamil month of Thai as the Tamil New year’s day on June 26, Friday. Traffic’s original petition in 2008 was dismissed witha cost of Rs. 10,000 for non-appearance of the petitioner. He went to Supreme Court and reversed the order and brought the matter back to the high court for hearing. He questioned the order of the government that it had not given any reason to alter the Tamil New Year from the existing Chithirai 1 to Thai 1. He wanted the new year day restored to the first day of Chithirai.

By another PIL he sought to restrain the authorities from collecting road toll at 15th kilometre on NH-5 Chennai-Kolkatta highway. Pointing out that the four-lane was not constructed by L&T, Ramaswamy said toilets, rooms, pedestrian underpass, service roads and by lanes too had not been completed before the toll collection was started. The toll gate near Karanodai did not have a canopy and lacked light, he said, adding that there was no uniform fee collections too.Describing it as a scandalous activity, Ramaswamy said that instead of the original 27th kilometre toll was being collected at 15th km on the highway.

Traffic Ramaswamy started his career as a mill worker He was a founder member of the state’s Home Guard, and a self-appointed traffic policeman,who slowly grew out to be a public interest litigator and social activist.

His first focus was on controlling the city’s chaotic traffic. Initially,he started unofficially directing traffic at the city’s busy Parrys Corner. The local police were so pleased with his efforts that they provided him with an official identity card. He acquired the nickname,Traffic Ramaswamy,shortly afterwards.

Ramaswamy recently unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections from South Chennai constituency. His wife and daughter with grand son and grand daughter are living away from him, however he visits them frequently.

When the city’s problems and administration of social rules go unwieldy, the services of such a person are need of the hour. Chennai must be thankful to him. However, he has friends and foes together.

Linkhttp: http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/showthread.php?t=21322&highlight=Traffic+Ramasamy


And there are lot more like this..

And it is easy to comment.... but it requires guts...repeat real guts to fight against the mightier ....

and he is doing it with ease without any recognition, encouragement, support, etc.

A true Social Activist indeed.

 

[Janaki Jambunathan]

ஆட் டாேகாரன் ஆட்டாேகாரன்
நியாயமுள்ள ரேட்டுகாரன் Protest against traffic man

https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&r...YY6BhDvjOwHubSbAQ&sig2=EjjVlzvVS7cVirvQRZFNlQ

 

[vgane]

Nice wiki article!

[h=1]Traffic Ramaswamy[/h] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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[TH="colspan: 2, align: center"]Traffic Ramaswamy[/TH]
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[TH]Born[/TH]
[TD]K R Ramaswamy
Tamil Nadu, India[/TD]
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[TH]Nationality[/TH]
[TD="class: category"]India[/TD]
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[TH]Other names[/TH]
[TD="class: nickname"]His parents and first circle use to call him as sampath at his early age.[/TD]
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[TH]Occupation[/TH]
[TD="class: role"]1.Mill worker, 2.He was a person assist(P.A) for the former cabinet minister Mr.K. Venkataswamy Naidu in the year 1952 to 1954[/TD]
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[TH]Years active[/TH]
[TD]From his age of 16[/TD]
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[TH]Known for[/TH]
[TD]Social activist[/TD]
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[TH]Notable work[/TH]
[TD]Granite scam, Party advertising board, Tamil Nadu lawyer's Court boycott and many more.[/TD]
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K. R. Ramaswamy (born 1934) known as Traffic Ramaswamy is a former mill worker, a founder member of Tamil Nadu's Home Guard, and a self-appointed traffic policeman, public interest litigator and social activist from Chennai.
Much of his activism relates to regulating traffic in Chennai and filing PIL in court.[SUP][1][/SUP] Initially he started unofficially directing traffic at the city's busy Parrys Corner.[SUP][2][/SUP] The local police were pleased with his efforts and provided him with an official identity card.[SUP][2][/SUP] He acquired the nickname Traffic Ramaswamy after that.[SUP][2][/SUP]
He has brought many public interest lawsuits in the Madras High Court.[SUP][2][/SUP] In 2007, he was attacked by his opponents' lawyers on the steps of the courthouse.[SUP][2][/SUP] This was not the first time, he has been attacked: in 2002, he was assaulted by fish sellers, after he obtained a ban on the use of motorised fish carts, damaging his sight and his family have disowned him.[SUP][2][/SUP] He has also had his office ransacked and papers were stolen.[SUP][3][/SUP] However, helped by donations from friends, he claims he will continue his fight to make Chennai the most livable and lovable city.[SUP][2][/SUP]
His activism has resulted in the demolition of some illegally constructed buildings in Chennai, restrictions on motorised fish carts, de-congestion of major bus routes by banning auto rickshaws from them, and a review of lavish state funding for a feature film (arguing the money could be more properly used for development work).[SUP][4][/SUP] He is now accompanied day and night by an armed police bodyguard.[SUP][5][/SUP]
In October 2013 he filed a PIL against the then-Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa seeking for the removal of name Amma from the Government schemes. Jayalalithaa is called as Amma, which translates to Mother, by her followers.[SUP][6][/SUP]