Over 100 mud roads in Arakkonam, Sholinghur, Arcot and Walajah taluks of Ranipet district will soon get proper roads with work beginning on Thursday.
This comes in the wake of an 18-month-old girl bitten by a snake at Athimarathurkollai village in Alleri hillock in Vellore. She was carried on foot to the Government Taluk Hospital in Anaicut but she died on the way on May 26. The ambulance driver could not drive beyond Varadalampattu village at the foot of Alleri Hills as there was no road. So, the parents had to carry the body for eight km on foot to Athyimarathurkollai village. The video of the parents carrying the body of the child went viral, sparking an outrage.