Residents of remote tribal hamlets constituting Pungampattu Nadu and Nellivasal Nadu village panchayats, atop Jawadhu Hills near Tirupattur town, have erected banners in their villages, asking political parties not to visit them to canvas for votes for the Lok Sabha election as the parties failed to provide civic amenities to their villages in all these years.
Pungampattu Nadu, Pudur Nadu and Nellivasal Nadu are three major tribal villages on the Tirupattur side of Jawadhu Hills. These panchayats comprise 32 tribal hamlets with around 17,000 voters. The hamlets are located deep inside reserve forests (RF) that fall under the Tirupattur forest range in the hills.
“Many sick persons, including pregnant women, had died on the way to the hospital over the years as we were unable to shift them to Jolarpet or Tirupattur towns at the foothills where government hospitals were available,” said K. Karuppan, a farmer.
