Friday, October 15, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Fence blocks road to Dalit colony in Krishnagiri

http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/15/stories/2010101550270100.htm

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Fence blocks road to Dalit colony in Krishnagiri

R. Arivanantham

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CPI (M) plans to remove fence if no action is taken

Allegation of caste Hindus indulging in violence
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CPI(M) MLA K. Mahendran at the fence erected by locals blocking the
road to a Dalit Colony at Ittikkal Agaram , near Krishnagiri, on
Thursday. CPI(M) district secretary D. Ravindran is in the picture.

KRISHNAGIRI: An approach road to a Dalit colony in Ittikkal Agaram
village, 15 km from Krishnagiri, has been blocked with a barbed wire
fence by a section of people.

According to the people in the colony, the fence was erected by the
locals with the support of the 'Ooor Goundar' (Village Leader).

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is planning to engage in direct
action to remove the fence, party MLA S. K. Mahendran, announced on
Thursday. After visiting the colony, Mr. Mahendran told The Hindu that
if the authorities failed to remove the fence within a week, the party
cadres will tear it down and clear the way for the Dalits, who, he
said, faced oppression in many ways at the hands of the local caste
Hindus.

The practice of village leader controlling things in the district was
a matter of shame, he said. Only elected bodies should have control
over common issues . The district administration and the police should
bring an end to this system of extra-judicial authority, he said.

He also said caste Hindus were indulging in violence against the
Dalits by not allowing them to do farming on the land allotted to them
by the district administration.

Mr. Mahendran along with D. Ravindran, District Secretary of the CPI
(M), met Revenue Divisional Officer A. Noor Mohamed and urged him to
remove the fence.

The RDO promised to take appropriate action after verifying the
documents and survey the land within two days.


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