Dalits protest construction of fence blocking path to their locality

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PUDUKOTTAI: About 70 dalit families of a village at S Usilampatti panchayat in Pudukottai district are forced to take a detour of 3.5km as a vacant land on the path to their locality has been fenced by the owner of the land belonging to thevar community.
The dalits in Ponamaravathi village have been facing the hardship for the past two years despite repeated complaints to revenue authorities and police in this regard.
According to S Udayappan of the CPI and secretary of the Untouchability Eradication Movement, the dailt families in the village were working previously in the fields belonging to upper caste community people. Of late, their financial and living conditions have improved after many shifted base to Pudukottai town looking for green pastures.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/Dalits-protest-construction-of-fence-blocking-path-to-their-locality/articleshow/47823080.cms