It is always said prevention is better than cure. I have been a regular visitor to the Dt. Central Library and the City Center i.e Main guard gate. The pavements around the Library are encroached by small vendors and road side food stalls. The pavement itself is built on storm water drain and in most places it is damaged and the paving blocks are missing. Encroachments are removed but they come back again. This cannot happen without the knowledge of local officials. I am sure if concerned officials are taken to task this will not happen. Almost all the town buses either private or Govt. are using air horns. The modus operendi is to connect the bulb to an air horn. Whenever there is an inspection the driver disconnects the air horn connection , as if they use only the bulb horn. City buses always stop in the middle of the road creating temporary traffic jams and police don`t care about it. It is good to see that Trichy is taking a lead in garbage segregation but instead of collecting non bio degradable waste only on Wednesdays, different colour bins should be provided for all bio degradable waste.,