KMDK state youth wing secretary S Suriyamurthy appealed to the Collector to take steps to check pollution problem caused by tannery and dyeing units in the Kalingarayan irrigation canal in Modakurichi segment in the district.
In a petition, he said that due to the pollution hit people and cattle's drinking water needs.
The Erode Collectorate was named after freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai and both DMK and AIADMK rules erected his statue at Chennai. To honour him more, he demanded erection of freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai's statue at the entrance of Erode Ring Road in Perundurai Road. He wanted steps to reopen the Sakthi matriculation school in Kallakurichi District, which was attacked by a violent mob on July 17 to help students pursue their studies, punish all those who involved in the violence and check this kind of incidents, including student's death, in future.