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Fence blocks road to Dalit colony 

Entry restricted: 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 surveying the land within two days.


R. Arivanantham hindu daily 

Fence blocking road to Dalit colony in Krishnagiri removed

Swift action:The barbed wire fencing blocking the approach road to the Dalit colony in Ittikkal Agaram village, near Krishnagiri, being removed under the supervision of Revenue officials on Friday.

KRISHNAGIRI: The barbed wire fence that was erected a few days ago blocking the approach road to a Dalit colony at Ittikkal Agaram village in Krishnagiri district was removed by Revenue department officials on Friday.

Following a report in The Hindu, the district administration acted swiftly and removed the fence amidst tight security.

Collector V. Arun Roy visited the spot and heard the grievances of the people and directed the department to immediately remove the fence and pave the way for the Dalits. Oor Gounder (village leader), Nagaraj, told the Collector that the fence was erected by him on request from the Headmistress of the Panchayat Union Primary School in Ittikkal Agaram.

Revenue Officials led by A. Noor Mohamed, Revenue Divisional Officer, and Tahsildhar P.M. Rajagopal and BDOs removed the fence. There was no resistance from caste Hindus, who watched the removal of the wire and stone pillars by workers.

In a release issued in the evening, Mr. Roy warned that stringent action would be initiated against those encroaching pathways and common places.

D. Ravindran, CPI (M) district secretary, thanked Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi for his swift action in response to the announcement of direct action to remove the road block by S.K. Mahendran, Perambur MLA of the party.

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