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'Caste fence' pulled down in Tamil Nadu
TNN, Oct 18, 2010, 02.18am IST
COIMBATORE: An ' untouchability fence' that prevented Dalits from
using roads in a hamlet near Krishnagiri in western Tamil Nadu was
pulled down after it was brought to the notice of the police and
revenue authorities.
The barbed wire fence put up by non-Dalits around an elementary school
at Ittikkal Agaram in Krishnagiri district prevented eight Dalit
families of the locality from using an approach road leading out of
the village for over one week. The incident comes barely a month after
some non-Dalits erected barbed wire fences to prevent Dalits from
using two roads at Dharapuram near the hosiery town of Tirupur.
These are some of the glaring instances of untouchability being
practised in remote villages of Tamil Nadu. The fence at Ittikkal
Agaram was brought to the notice of district administration and police
officials after local CPM cadres warned of "direct action" to remove
"the symbol of shame" with the support of eight Dalit families in the
area.
Acting swiftly on the issue, district collector V Arun Roy and police
superintendent A G Babu reached the village accompanied by a massive
police force and ordered immediate removal of the fence. They also
warned the non-Dalits of severe action if they engaged in similar acts
of hatred. On their part, non-Dalits, dominant in the area, gave an
assurance to the collector that they wouldn't resort to such acts
again.
Non-Dalits, led by their village head, A Nagaraj, justified their
action telling the collector that they were protecting the land of the
local panchayat union primary school by putting up the fence and that
too on the request of the school headmistress.
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