Vengavayal caste crime: TN cops stop activists from meeting Dalit residents

A few weeks ago, dominant caste residents had staged protests objecting to activists and politicians visiting Dalits in Vengavayal regarding the incident of contamination of a water tank with human excreta.

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https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/vengavayal-caste-crime-tn-cops-stop-activists-meeting-dalit-residents-176678

Dalit activists demand Tamil Nadu government to declare Vengaivayal as ‘untouchability-prone’ hamlet

On the night of December 24, a 6-year-old girl child, daughter of Kanagaraj, an artist, who plays in a local drama troupe, complained of vomiting and uneasiness. Immediately, the family members rushed to a PHC in Cauvery Nagar, but the staff recommended admission in the Pudukottai Government Medical College and Hospital.

After carrying out a series of tests, the doctors declared that the child had taken “contaminated” water. The following day, three more children from the Dalit colony suffered similar trauma after which the villagers woke up and checked the overhead tank. To their shock, they found faecal matter floating inside the water tank.

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/dalit-activists-demand-tamil-nadu-government-to-declare-vengaivayal-as-untouchability-prone-hamlet/article66323635.ece

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

Adi Dravidar families had complained of being barred from entering the Sri Ayyanar temple in the village, for decades. Two including a woman have been booked under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/pudukottai-collector-detects-two-tumbler-system-leads-dalits-temple-entry-at-vengaivayal/article66310507.ece