Tuesday, March 30, 2010

PATHWAY TO DALITS IN MADURAI RESTORED

TAMILNADU UNTOUCHABILITY ERADICATION FRONT RESTORED

The pathway Near Police Station of SS Colony of 29th ward in Madurai Corporation, used by the dalit people of Ambedkhar Nagar and Rajiv Gandhi Nagar area was forcibly abrogated by some vested interest people with the help of local police.This 18 feet pathway is situated in Government purampoke lands and is in the use of thousands of dalit people for the last 30 years. The private party who purchased 30 cents of land near this pathway fenced the pathway with the help of corrupt police officials.

On knowing the issue, P.Sampath, State Convener of Tamilnadu Untouchability Eradication Front.N.Nanmaran,MLA od Madurai East Constituency and R.Annadurai ,District Secretary of CPI(M),Madurai Corporation visited the area and held discussion with the dalit people.P.Sampath urged the Government to interfere immediately to stop the encroachment and to restore the pathway to the dalits. N.Nanmaran also wrote to the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu.
The Chief Minister immediately intervened .The District Collector and Police officials visited the spot and restored the pathway to the dalit usage. The Tamilnadu Untouchability Eradication Front thanked the Government and also urged the Government to give pattas to the dalits dwelling in the area
BY: P.ESAKKIMUTHU, DISTRICT CONVENER,TAMILNADU UNTOUCHABILITY ERADICATION FRONT-TUTICORIN DISTRICT

Thursday, March 18, 2010

burial grounds of Dalit people denied in Sorispuram

Nearly 170 families of dalit (Schedule Caste)community belonging to Pallar section, residing in Sorispuram ,near Collectorate of Tuticorin are making use of the burial ground located near the main road to office of SP and banks of Buckle Odai covering an area of 100 cents.This land was given to the Dalit people 75 years ago by the then Soris families. Hence the village was named as Sorispuram.The dalit people of Sorispuram are all along making use of these burial ground for their families.
All of a sudden during February of this year, the heirs of Sories family bulldozed the burial ground and fenced the burial ground and the purampoke area of Buckle Odai and put up boards owning the entire land of the burial ground thus denying entry into the burial grounds.
If any death occurred, there is no place of burial ground and it will create law and order problem.Thus the denial of right to entry to the burial ground is a blatant violation of Human rights of entire dalit people of Sorispuram.It is also an offence u/s of Prevention of SC/ST Attrocities Act 19
The aggrieved dalit people led by the Tamilnadu Untouchability Eradication Front of Tuticorin district went in procession and staged a demonstration before the Collectorate and later handed over a memorandum to the District Revenue Officer requesting the district administration to restore the burial ground to them. The Tuticorin District of Tamilnadu Untouchability Eradication Front also sent representation on this subject to the Chief Minster of Tamilnadu and the National Commission of Schedule Caste and National Commission for Human Rights to intervene to restore the 75 years old burial ground used by the dalits of Sorispuram
By:P.Esakkimuthu,District Convener TAMILNADU UNTOUCHABILITY ERADICATION FRONT
TUTICORIN DISTRICT