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Democratic ritual: Kaani tribespeople undertake 20-km trek to cast ballot
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
|April 24, 2026
FOR the Kaani tribespeople residing in the Western Ghats settlements of the district, there were no second thoughts about exercising their franchise during the Assembly election as several of them covered as much as 20 kilometres on foot to reach the Karaiyar polling station to cast their vote.
They then trekked back home — a journey taking another four hours — without complaints. A few staying away in places like Chennai also had come down to vote.
A total of 428 people from the Karaiyar, Chinna Mayilar, Periya Mayilar, Injikuzhi and Agasthiyar Kudiyiruppu settlements are enrolled as voters at the polling station, which is located in the hills around 15 km from the Pap-
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