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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 'Caste fence' pulled down in Tamil Nadu

'Caste fence' pulled down in Tamil Nadu

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published Published on Oct 18, 2010   modified Modified on Oct 18, 2010

An ' untouchability fence' that prevented Dalits from using roads in a hamlet near Krishnagiri in western Tamil Nadu was pulled down after it was brought to the notice of the police and revenue authorities.

The barbed wire fence put up by non-Dalits around an elementary school at Ittikkal Agaram in Krishnagiri district prevented eight Dalit families of the locality from using an approach road leading out of the village for over one week. The incident comes barely a month after some non-Dalits erected barbed wire fences to prevent Dalits from using two roads at Dharapuram near the hosiery town of Tirupur.

These are some of the glaring instances of untouchability being practised in remote villages of Tamil Nadu. The fence at Ittikkal Agaram was brought to the notice of district administration and police officials after local CPM cadres warned of "direct action" to remove "the symbol of shame" with the support of eight Dalit families in the area.

Acting swiftly on the issue, district collector V Arun Roy and police superintendent A G Babu reached the village accompanied by a massive police force and ordered immediate removal of the fence. They also warned the non-Dalits of severe action if they engaged in similar acts of hatred. On their part, non-Dalits, dominant in the area, gave an assurance to the collector that they wouldn't resort to such acts again.

Non-Dalits, led by their village head, A Nagaraj, justified their action telling the collector that they were protecting the land of the local panchayat union primary school by putting up the fence and that too on the request of the school headmistress.


The Times of India, 18 October, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Caste-fence-pulled-down-in-Tamil-Nadu/articleshow/6766220.cms


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