Residents, farmers, small traders and students in Pachakuppam village, around five kms from Ambur town in Tirupattur, blocked the Vadapudupatti - Kanaru Main Road, which is maintained by the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), on Friday over the damage caused to the existing water pipelines along the road by trucks and tipper lorries that carry loads of mud to nearby towns.
Residents said that remote villages near Vinnamangalam Reserve Forest (RF) have been witnessing continuous movement of trucks and lorries over a fortnight. Lorries carry loads of mud from open plots near the RF round the clock.
The movement of these vehicles have not only damaged the road but also the main water pipeline that supplies water to Vadapudupattu and PachaKuppam villages for nearly two decades.
