NHRC AND NCSC SEIZED OF THE ISSUE OF BURIAL GROUNDS OF DALITS OF SORISPURAM,TUTICORIN

NHRC AND NCSC SEIZED OF THE ISSUE OF BURIAL GROUNDS OF DALITS OF SORISPURAM,TUTICORIN

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.for the last 75 years .All of a sudden some vested interest people claimed the entire land of the burial ground as their own land thus denying entry into the burial grounds. Tamilnadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF) of Tuticorin district took up the matter , sent complaints to National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) and National Commission for Schedule Caste(NCSC) and staged a powerful dharna before the Collectorate,Tuticorin on 15.4.10..

Tamilnadu Untouchability Eradication Front of Tuticorin district declared that if the burial ground to the dalits are not restored within 30 days time, direct action to enter the burial ground will be resorted to on May 15 under the leadership of S.K.Mahendran MLA and P.Sampath

In the meantime the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) has sent a letter to the TNUEF that a complaint was registered and it is being looked into vide NHRC case No.375/22/41/2010 dt.9.4.10.Similarly State office,Chennai of the National Commission for Schedule Caste(NCSC) has sent a letter to the Collector and Superintendent of PoliceTuticorin District under copy to TNUEF asking them to send a detiled report on the issue of denial of burial ground to the dalit people of Sorispuram vide F.No.10/17/2010-Rep dt.16.4.10.

By P.Esakkimuthu,District Convener,TN Untouchability Eradication front,Tuticorin District(ttnuef@gmail.com)