GO on Tamil names for places withdrawn
After the newly announced names of certain places in Tamil Nadu created confusion, Minister of Tamil Official Language and Culture Department K Pandiarajan, on Thursday, announced that the Government Order (GO) to rename places will be withdrawn.
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“The GO on the change of English names for Tamil ones for places has been withdrawn. Will absorb all feedback and reissue shortly,” said Pandiarajan, in a tweet. Recently, the State government passed a GO to change the names of 1,018 places in the State. Most names led to a lot of confusion among residents and demands were placed that the GO be withdrawn.
After suggestions were received by the Tamil Development Department, the GO was cancelled and a new order would be issued shortly. “We are working on alignment of views by experts on Transliteration standards from Tamil to English. Hopefully, we should get this released in two or three days,” the Minister added.
A total 32 expert teams were formed to suggest change of names of places in Tamil Nadu and the committee is set to submit its report in a couple of days. After obtaining their views, the new GO would be released.
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