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'Untouchability still prevails in over 640 Tamil Nadu villages' -Ritwika Mitra

-The New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Over 640 villages across 20 districts in Tamil Nadu still practise untouchability, according to information received by a Dalit advocacy group Social Awareness Society for Youths (SASY) in RTI queries.

The information was sought by SASY for the time period between 2014 to 2018. No legal action has been taken in any of the villages, according to the several RTIs.

Under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the state government are supposed to impose collective fines on people who practise untouchability.The total number of villages where untouchability continues to exist is 646.

Of the information sought from 32 districts in the state, 20 districts have responded so far. This year, Tamil Nadu had announced the creation of its 33rd district Kallakurichi.

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