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Dalit families protest over new road, claim access denied to public route in T'malai
The New Indian Express
|September 22, 2025
THE Tiruvannamalai Collector, K Tharpagaraj, on September 18, announced the construction of a new cement road worth ₹50 lakh in Mothakkal village in Thandarampattu taluk.
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The road is being built on private land that currently has an earthen pathway used by Scheduled Caste villagers to carry deceased members to the burial ground. The collector appreciated the landowners, who belong to the Vanniyar community, for donating the land for "public welfare." However, the SC residents said their demand was not for a new road but for access to the existing public road at Murugan Koil Street. The Adi Dravidar families TNIE spoke to said they had peti
This story is from the September 22, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express.
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