COIMBATORE: Freebies distributed via political events as a part of their election guarantees did turn out to be useful for C Babu who lives in a thatched hut at Nagaroothu, a hilly tribal hamlet in Coimbatore district – the units remained throughout the bins, however those have been smartly stacked and used as a makeshift table on which was saved a lantern, some vessels and clothes.
“How can we use the television set and mixer grinder without electricity,” requested V S Paramasivam of the Tamil Nadu Tribal People’s Association.
Nearly four,000 households in 20 tribal settlements across the district do not appear to be within the scheme of items when it the Union government proclaimed on Sunday that every inhabited village within the nation is now electrified.
Even after 70 years of Independence, the hilly hamlets in Aliyar — Sinnarpathi, Navamalai, Keelpoonachi and Marapalam, and in Veetaikaranpudhur — Nagaroothu, Erumparai, Poomathi and Sarkarpathy — stay plunged in darkness. All those are within the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve woodland.
Ironically, many of the hamlets are a just a few kilometres away from power properties — Sarkarpathy, Navamalai, Kadamparai house and Veli Mudi — and the electrical traces move in the course of the settlements, said Paramasivam. “When the legitimate quarters within the tiger reserve woodland can get power provide, why can’t the hamlets get electricity,” he requested. The state government set up solar panels within the settlements, however those stopped functioning in a few months, said a school trainer from Aliyar.
“How can we use the television set and mixer grinder without electricity,” requested V S Paramasivam of the Tamil Nadu Tribal People’s Association.
Nearly four,000 households in 20 tribal settlements across the district do not appear to be within the scheme of items when it the Union government proclaimed on Sunday that every inhabited village within the nation is now electrified.
Even after 70 years of Independence, the hilly hamlets in Aliyar — Sinnarpathi, Navamalai, Keelpoonachi and Marapalam, and in Veetaikaranpudhur — Nagaroothu, Erumparai, Poomathi and Sarkarpathy — stay plunged in darkness. All those are within the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve woodland.
Ironically, many of the hamlets are a just a few kilometres away from power properties — Sarkarpathy, Navamalai, Kadamparai house and Veli Mudi — and the electrical traces move in the course of the settlements, said Paramasivam. “When the legitimate quarters within the tiger reserve woodland can get power provide, why can’t the hamlets get electricity,” he requested. The state government set up solar panels within the settlements, however those stopped functioning in a few months, said a school trainer from Aliyar.
Power for all villages, says govt; but 4,000 Tamil Nadu houses still in dark
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May 01, 2018
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