Allegation of Hindi imposition: TN railway station removes Hindi signage

After allegations that Southern Railway was resorting to Hindi imposition, the authorities of Tiruppur railway station removed Hindi signage ‘Sahyog’ from the station.

The signage was removed on Tuesday. The issue cropped up after the signage ‘Sahyog’ in Hindi and the same words in Tamil and English came up at the Tiruppur railway station. There were complaints from the passengers that the English and Tamil versions were transliterations of the Hindi word and people could not understand them.

Shanmuganathan, a Tiruppur-based garment exporter while speaking to IANS said, “We know English and Hindi but there are a huge number of people who know only Tamil.