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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | A Dalit village in Cuddalore was left to fend for itself through 36 days of flooding -Nayantara Narayanan

A Dalit village in Cuddalore was left to fend for itself through 36 days of flooding -Nayantara Narayanan

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published Published on Dec 16, 2015   modified Modified on Dec 16, 2015
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The 45 houses of Ambedkar Nagar received no flood warning, no relief material and no visit from the authorities for a least a month.

“For 36 days no one has come to check on us. Forget bringing us things and giving us help – no one has even come to ask ‘how are you’ll doing?’, ‘are you’ll safe?’, ‘are you’ll alive?’” L Pavai was in tears as she spoke of the neglect her hamlet – Ambedkar Nagar in the Parangipettai block of Cuddalore district – during the rains and floods of the past month.

There are 45 houses in Ambedkar Nagar of which only 11 are made of concrete. There others are all mud and thatch structures. On the night of November 10, as the rest of the country was caught up in Diwali festivities, Ambedkar Nagar, along with large parts of Cuddalore experienced its worst flooding in a century. The district got 50% more rainfall on November 9, 10 and 11 than the normal rainfall for the entire month of November.

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