Coimbatore: Two thousand four hundred tribal people living in 600 houses and 13 tribal hamlets in and around Gopinari along the Kerala border in Periyanaickenpalayam range may have their long-pending demand met when the administration lays a 2.5-km stretch road connecting Singuli with Anaikatti.
District Collector P. Umanath, District Forest Officer I. Anwardeen and Range Officer N. Panneerselvam met the tribals on Friday and inspected the area where the road needs to be relaid. At present tribals living in Gopinari, Melbhavi, Alankandy, Alankandypudur, Kattasalai, Pattisalai, Colonypudur, Singuli, Moonukuttai, Arakadavu, Kuliyur, Kaaliyur and Senguttai have to travel 13 km to reach a hospital at Anaikatti run by a tribal welfare trust. They have to enter Kerala and then re-enter Tamil Nadu as the existing route passes through Kerala and cross two check posts to get emergency medical help.
The tribals have been demanding that the mud road between Singuli and Anaikatti be made a pucca road so that they could easily reach the hospital without entering Kerala. The new road will reduce the distance to 6 km.
Dr. Umanath inspected the area and as the proposed route was out of the reserve forest boundary, he has asked the Block Development Officer to prepare a proposal for laying a 2 to 2.5-km long road which will end the tribals’ ordeal.
Source: The Hindu
District Collector P. Umanath, District Forest Officer I. Anwardeen and Range Officer N. Panneerselvam met the tribals on Friday and inspected the area where the road needs to be relaid. At present tribals living in Gopinari, Melbhavi, Alankandy, Alankandypudur, Kattasalai, Pattisalai, Colonypudur, Singuli, Moonukuttai, Arakadavu, Kuliyur, Kaaliyur and Senguttai have to travel 13 km to reach a hospital at Anaikatti run by a tribal welfare trust. They have to enter Kerala and then re-enter Tamil Nadu as the existing route passes through Kerala and cross two check posts to get emergency medical help.
The tribals have been demanding that the mud road between Singuli and Anaikatti be made a pucca road so that they could easily reach the hospital without entering Kerala. The new road will reduce the distance to 6 km.
Dr. Umanath inspected the area and as the proposed route was out of the reserve forest boundary, he has asked the Block Development Officer to prepare a proposal for laying a 2 to 2.5-km long road which will end the tribals’ ordeal.
Source: The Hindu
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