FYI, French is still spoken by some ten thousand people in Pondicherry. The majority of the people speak Tamil (89%). Tamil, English and French are the main official languages of Pondicherry Union territory. Along side, Telugu (Yanam in AP) and Malayalam (Mahe in Kerala) is also the official languages of PDY UT. Puducherry government uses only Tamil, but it communicates with Yanam and Mahe in Telugu and Malayalam respectively. France even has a Consulate General in Pondicherry.

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u r absolutely rit sir
even I had to go to VLNK by bus from TPJ/MV

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He meant the private ones from other states and far places. Those buses from TPJ, MV, TJ are operated by government only. The main problem here is, we have got an excellent road infrastructure. Since you can get buses to anywhere at anytime from any place, railways is not interested to introduce any trains on those routes even though the tracks lie unused. SR mainly concentrates on MS-VM- TPJ- MDU- TEN- CAPE line and MAS- SA- ED- CBE line in Tamil Nadu as they are the most profitable routes in TN.

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yes Bus freqncy are very good on MS-VM-TVR-NGT-VLKN route and thats y SR is not introducing much trains but SR shud introduce more trains bcoz i saw there is good rush for trains on this route also in Kamban,Passengers,tea garden and even in LTT-KIK express so SR shud seriously thought regarding new trains on these route to NGT/KIK/VLKN/TVR

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