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 the Pudukottai Collector, the Superintendent of Police and the Deputy Superintendent of Police to file a status report in response to a public interest litigation petition for a probe into the caste-based discrimination at Vengaivayal in the district. He said human faeces were found floating in the overhead tank supplying drinking water to the Scheduled Caste families. Peace meeting held at Pudukottai village People belonging to Adi Dravidars and intermediate castes participated in a peace meeting on Wednesday 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 District Adi Dravidar Welfare Officer, Pudukottai; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Pudukottai; Tahsildar of Kulathur; Block Development Officer of Annavasal; and Village Administrative Officer of Thudaiyur participated.

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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. …

‘Intense’ probe on to find out culprits in Vengaivayal incident, says panel
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Intense’ probe on to find out culprits in Vengaivayal incident, says panel

The Hindu  

A sub-committee member of the State government-constituted Social Justice Monitoring Committee Swaminathan Devadoss on Friday said that police teams were ‘intensively’ carrying out probe to find the culprits behind the faeces issue. The police teams were examining all information collected from various quarters and would identify the culprits at the right time, Prof. Swaminathan Devadoss told reporters after visiting the …

‘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 …

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 …

Pudukottai Collector leads temple entry of Dalits in T.N. village, detects two-tumbler system at Vengaivayal
1 year, 11 months ago

Pudukottai Collector leads temple entry of Dalits in T.N. village, detects two-tumbler system at Vengaivayal

The Hindu  

The prevalence of the two-tumbler system at a tea shop came to light during an inspection by Pudukottai Collector Kavitha Ramu at Vengaivayal on Tuesday, a day after human faeces were found floating in an overhead tank supplying drinking water to Adi Dravidar families. Accompanied by Superintendent of Police Vandita Pandey and officials, Ms. Kavitha Ramu spent nearly two hours …

Faeces found floating in Adi Dravidar village tank in Pudukottai, ‘wanton act‘, says police
1 year, 11 months ago

Faeces found floating in Adi Dravidar village tank in Pudukottai, ‘wanton act‘, says police

The Hindu  

Faeces was found floating in an overhead tank supplying drinking water to Adi Dravidar families at Vengaivayal in the Muthukadu panchayat in Pudukottai district on Monday. Children fall sick The incident came to light when villagers checked the tank after a few children were taken to hospital as they complained of uneasiness after drinking water a couple of days ago. …

Man arrested for ‘purifying’ tank with cow urine after Dalit woman drank water
2 years, 1 month ago

Man arrested for ‘purifying’ tank with cow urine after Dalit woman drank water

Hindustan Times  

A 62-year-old man has been arrested in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district under the stringent Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act for allegedly draining out water from a public tank and “purifying” it with cow urine after a Dalit woman drank water from it. The woman, Shivamma, drank water on November 18 from the tank in an upper-caste locality in the Heggatora …

Karnataka: Upper caste villagers 'purify' public tank after Dalit woman drinks water from it in Chamarajanagar
2 years, 1 month ago

Karnataka: Upper caste villagers 'purify' public tank after Dalit woman drinks water from it in Chamarajanagar

Firstpost  

The Dalit woman who came from another place visited the Heggatora village on Saturday. She drank water from the storage tank situated in an upper caste locality New Delhi: A few upper caste villagers drained out drinking water from a public tank and “purfied” it with cow urine after a Dalit woman drank water from it in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district, …

For progress, dilute caste purity notions
2 years, 4 months ago

For progress, dilute caste purity notions

Hindustan Times  

In January, 1924, the small Konkan town of Mahad in erstwhile Bombay province passed a landmark resolution: All public spaces, including water tanks, would be thrown open to people from all castes. Yet, opposition from some caste groups on the question of ritual pollution meant that practically, people from lower castes were barred from public water tanks. Exasperated, Dr BR …

Caste-based humiliation in Tamil Nadu village
3 years, 6 months ago

Caste-based humiliation in Tamil Nadu village

The Hindu  

C aste-based intimidation and humiliation has once again raised its ugly head in Tamil Nadu, a State that prides itself in upholding the social reformer ‘Periyar’ E.V. On May 14, three Dalits in their seventies were made to prostrate before the caste Hindu-dominated “oor panchayat” at Ottanendal village near Tiruvennainallur in Villupuram district. The Dalits apologised to the dominant caste …

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