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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Tribals want community certificates

30th April, Madurai: Members of various Scheduled Tribe communities staged a protest demanding issuance of community certificates. The protest, led by P. Shanmugam, the general secretary of Tamil Nadu Tribals’ Association, claimed that community certificates had not been issued to Scheduled Tribes for many years. Till 1992, certificates were issued and no certificate was issued for the past 16 years.

Mr Shanmugam said that 5000 members of Malai Vedan tribe and 400 members of Kattunayakan tribe had not been issued certificates. Citing that a whole generation of the community members had been denied education and livelihood owing to this since 1992, he called for an enquiry into the issue. They also demanded provision of basic amenities to Paliyar Scheduled Tribes living in Peraiyur taluk.

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