Due to lack of roads, an 18-month-old girl, who was bitten by a snake at Athimarathurkollai village near Vellore town and carried on foot to the Government Taluk Hospital in Anaicut, died on the way.
Athimarathurkollai is among the 12 tribal hamlets on Alleri Hills, one of the hillocks in Jawadhu Hills near Amirthi Reserve Forest at Anaicut taluk in Vellore district. According to the residents, around 9 p.m on Friday, S. Viji, 32, a daily wage labourer, was sleeping in front of his thatched house along with his wife, V. Priya, 28, and two children, including the infant, V. Dhanushka. The couple woke up startled when Dhanushka started crying. When they saw a snake escape into nearby bushes, the deduced that the reptile had bitten their daughter.
