Residents of tribal settlement in Kadambur Hills, Erode, seek bus service
Residents of a tribal settlement in Kadambur Hills are petitioning for a bus service to improve access to essential services. They cite safety concerns, particularly the presence of elephants on the path students and residents must walk.
Why it matters
It highlights the infrastructure and safety challenges faced by remote tribal communities in accessing public services.
Residents of a tribal settlement in Kadambur Hills have petitioned the district administration, seeking bus service to their village. They cited the difficulties faced by school and college students, pregnant women and elderly persons in commuting through a forest area.
In their petition submitted to the district administration here on Monday, residents of Nagalur, near Karalayam, said that around 145 families have been living in the settlement for the past 83 years. A Government Tribal Welfare Residential Middle School in the area has around 51 students.
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