Residents of Malliamman Durgham in Erode district seek road connectivity and power supply
Residents of the remote hamlet Malliamman Durgham in Erode district have petitioned the government for basic infrastructure, including a motorable road and electricity. The lack of these amenities has forced many families to relocate and complicates emergency medical access.
Why it matters
It highlights the persistent digital and physical infrastructure divide between remote rural hamlets and urban centers in India.
The residents of Malliamman Durgham, a remote hamlet in Kadambur Hills, have appealed to the State government to provide road connectivity and electricity to their village, where over 80 families have been living without basic amenities for generations.
In a petition submitted recently to Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management K.A. Sengottaiyan at Gobichettipalayam, the residents said the hamlet had no proper road connectivity. They had to travel through a forest along a mud road, which had been severely damaged by rain. The lack of a motorable road had made it difficult to take ailing persons and the elderly to hospitals, particularly during emergencies at night, they said.
The residents also said the hamlet had no electricity connection, and the households continued to depend on kerosene lamps for lighting after sunset.
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