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Thoothukudi Hindi Signboard Row: 2 Engineers Suspended! Stalin Condemns Imposition!
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News18•02-10-2026, 14:19
Thoothukudi Hindi Signboard Row: 2 Engineers Suspended! Stalin Condemns Imposition!
- •Two Highways Department engineers suspended over Hindi names on guide boards in Thoothukudi district.
- •Village names were written in Tamil, English, and Hindi on state highway guide boards from Sathankulam to Nazareth.
- •Officials explained Hindi was included for easy understanding by visitors from other states to key sites like Tiruchendur Temple and ISRO.
- •DMK leader M.K. Stalin condemned the Hindi inclusion, warning against playing with Tamil Nadu's two-language policy.
- •Thoothukudi Assistant Divisional Engineer Boominathan and Kalakkad Section Assistant Engineer Muthulakshmi were suspended following the controversy.
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Two engineers from the Highways Department, Assistant Divisional Engineer Boominathan and Assistant Engineer Muthulakshmi, were suspended because village names were written in Hindi on guide boards along the state highway from Sathankulam to Nazareth.
Officials explained that Hindi was added so that visitors from other states traveling to important local sites, such as the Tiruchendur Subramaniya Swamy Temple, ISRO rocket launch pad, and Udangudi thermal power station, could easily understand the signs.
DMK leader M.K. Stalin strongly condemned the inclusion of Hindi, warning that the two-language policy is the lifeblood of Tamil Nadu. Minister Aathav Arjuna also voiced opposition, stating they would thwart the trilingual policy in any form.
