THE Indian community in Perak has been assured that the planned Ipoh Sentral redevelopment will not affect the Tamil school and temples located there, Malaysia Nanban reported.
The more-than-a-century-old Ipoh railway station and the surrounding areas are earmarked for redevelopment and refurbishment.
There had been questions among the Indian community about whether the Perak Sangeetha Sabah Tamil school, two Hindu temples and the Gurdwara located nearby would be affected.
State exco member Datuk A. Sivanesan, who spoke after a meeting with the development company, the Ipoh land office, and the Ipoh City Council, confirmed that there will be no impact on the institutions.
The Tamil school and the places of worship in the area will be part of Ipoh Sentral, and these will showcase the multicultural identity of the city, he said.
> Fifty-two people were injured in a single Jallikkattu (Indian bullrun) event in a Tamil Nadu temple festival, Makkal Osai reported.
The Lalgudi Anbil Mariamman Temple festival featured a bull run with 580 specially bred bulls and 230 brave youngsters trying to bring them down.
The beasts were released one by one into the running route as participants attempted to stop them and bring them down with their bare hands.
While there were scores of injuries among the human participants, no bulls were reported injured.
Jallikkattu had been banned in March 2006 by the Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench, and a protracted legal battle followed.
The sport was revived in 2017 with the passing of new laws governing it.
The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
