SCs of Sankaralingapuram demand demolition of discriminatory wall

THOOTHUKUDI: Residents of Sankaralingapuram in Vilathikulam taluk staged a protest against the demolition of a discriminatory wall and the recovery of an encroached government ‘poramboke’ land from people belonging to a dominant caste, which was being used as a pathway. The protest has been going on since July 24.

The SCs with the support of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and Athibagavan Buddhar Ilaignar Narpani Manram, went on an indefinite protest condemning a wall that divides settlements of people belonging to SC communities and dominant castes. The demand also extended to the restoration of an encroached pathway.

According to sources, the revenue records from 1954 revealed that the 29 acre of land, on which the settlements are present, has been categorised as government ‘poramboke’ land. However, revenue officials had issued patta, and a case in this regard is pending in court.