Founder and President of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) Party Tholkappiyan Thirumalavalan on Thursday said that Chief Minister MK Stalin's intervention is needed to stop what he called "Caste atrocities" across the state.
Taking note of the Vengavayil village incident where human feces were found dumped in a water tank supplying drinking water to a Dalit colony, Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) on Saturday ordered a CB-CID (CBCID enquiry) into the incident.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday said that the incident in Vengaival village of Pudhokottai district, in which human excreta was found in water tanks, shows that caste discrimination and untouchability exist in some pockets of society.
The residents including women and elderly holding empty buckets in their hands, complained that there was no water supply there for last 6 days, and said that they were dependent only on water tankers which they get only after much effort.
The residents including women and elderly holding
Kolhapur (Maharashtra) [India], July 9 (ANI): Highlighting the ongoing water crisis situation in Kolhapur, a newlywed couple from the city chose to take out their marriage procession (Baaraat) on a water tanker on Thursday.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 27 (ANI): Former Uttarakhand Minister Rajendra Bahuguna shot himself dead atop a water tank after being accused by his daughter-in-law of molesting his granddaughter.
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): An eight-month-old child drowned in a water tank located on the rooftop of his building, in Dallupura, Delhi on Tuesday, said the police.
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Water supply in the areas of North Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi and parts of South Delhi including Delhi Cantt and the command area of Deer Park will be affected till tomorrow evening.
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], March 28 (ANI): Two labourers died allegedly due to asphyxiation while cleaning a water tank at a residential building in Thane on Sunday, police said.