Plea Alleges Caste Discrimination in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukkotai, HC Seeks Report from Collector, DSP
1 year, 11 months ago

Plea Alleges Caste Discrimination in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukkotai, HC Seeks Report from Collector, DSP

News 18  

The Madras High Court has sought a status report from the collector, SP, and DSP Human Rights and Social Justice wing on a plea pertaining to caste discrimination in Vengaivayal hamlet in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukkottai. In the plea before the Madurai bench, more than 30 people who drank water contaminated with human waste in the Pudukkottai area demanded compensation. Two-tumbler system means that the higher caste people will drink water from one tumbler and those from other castes will drink water from another tumbler. The court has sought status report from the Pudukottai District Collector and DSP over the issue.

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Vengaivayal incident | One man commission report highlights tardy investigation by CB-CID: Madras High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Vengaivayal incident | One man commission report highlights tardy investigation by CB-CID: Madras High Court

The Hindu  

An interim report submitted by a one-man commission highlights tardy investigation being conducted by Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department into the December 26, 2022 incident of human faeces found inside an overhead tank that supplies water to Scheduled Caste residents of Vengaivayal in Pudukottai district, the Madras High Court said on September 14. Audikesavalu made the remark after perusing the interim …

No answers even months after atrocity against Dalits at Vengaivayal in Pudukottai
1 year, 7 months ago

No answers even months after atrocity against Dalits at Vengaivayal in Pudukottai

The Hindu  

The social fabric of Tamil Nadu, widely acknowledged as a progressive State, is put to severe strain every now and then by appalling acts of atrocities against Dalits. The most recent of such cases — the dumping of human faeces in an overhead tank that supplied drinking water to Dalit families at Vengaivayal in Pudukottai district — remains unresolved even …

Former Madras High Court judge begins probe into Vengaivayal incident
1 year, 7 months ago

Former Madras High Court judge begins probe into Vengaivayal incident

The Hindu  

Former Madras High Court judge M. Sathyanarayanan, the one-man commission appointed by the Madras High Court to probe the incident of human faeces being found in an overhead tank that supplied water to Scheduled Caste residents of Vengaivayal in Pudukkottai district in December last year, on Saturday set in motion the inquiry process by visiting the village and conducting a …

Vengaivayal water tank issue | NHRC directs Pudukottai SP to submit ‘action taken’ report within four weeks
1 year, 9 months ago

Vengaivayal water tank issue | NHRC directs Pudukottai SP to submit ‘action taken’ report within four weeks

The Hindu  

The National Human Rights Commission has directed the Superintendent of Police, Pudukottai, to submit an ‘action taken’ report on the case pertaining to the mixing of faeces with water in an overhead tank providing drinking water to Adi Dravidar families at Vengaivayal village in the district. The NHRC asked for the report based on a complaint submitted to it by …

Vengaivayal water tank incident | National Commission for SCs seeks report from Pudukottai Collector, SP
1 year, 10 months ago

Vengaivayal water tank incident | National Commission for SCs seeks report from Pudukottai Collector, SP

The Hindu  

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has asked for the report on the action taken, from Pudukottai District Collector and Superintendent of Police, regarding the incident in Vengaivayal village. The Commission had issued a notice to both of the authorities early this month based on the representation made to the Commission by Ilamurugu Muthu, executive president, Ambedkar People Movement. Mr. …

‘Those who mixed human waste in water tank will be identified’
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Those who mixed human waste in water tank will be identified’

The Hindu  

Law Minister S. Regupathy on Friday said the culprits who mixed faeces in the overhead water tank that supplied drinking water to Adi Dravidar families at Vengaivayal village in the district recently would definitely be identified during police investigation. Meanwhile, an official said new water supply pipelines and taps had been provided to every Dalit household at Vengaivayal and drinking …

Caste atrocity: Pudukkottai incident leaves Tamil Nadu outraged
1 year, 11 months ago

Caste atrocity: Pudukkottai incident leaves Tamil Nadu outraged

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 06, 2023 15:18 IST The shocking act of dumping faeces in an overhead tank that serves potable water to a Dalit colony in a village of Tamil Nadu’s Pudukottai district has yet again exposed the persistence of caste oppression in a State that claims to be the land of social justice. The revolting act came to light …

Madras High Court Bench seeks status report on caste discrimination in Pudukottai’s Vengaivayal village
1 year, 11 months ago

Madras High Court Bench seeks status report on caste discrimination in Pudukottai’s Vengaivayal village

The Hindu  

People belonging to Adi Dravidars and intermediate castes participated in a peace meeting held at Vengaivayal on December 28, 2022 in the wake of detection of faeces in the tank supplying drinking water to Adi Dravidars, and unanimously accepted to live in harmony without any discrimination The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, directed …

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