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The Yercaud (ST) constituency, which covers Yercaud and Vazhapadi taluks arsenic good arsenic portions of Salem and Attur taluks, is predominantly a tribal area. The tribal radical chiefly reside successful Yercaud, Neiyamalai, Aranoortumalai, Jambuthumalai, Pelapadi, and Santhumalai. It is considered an AIADMK stronghold arsenic the enactment has won 8 times - 1977, 1980, 1989 (as AIADMK (J)), 1991, 2001, 2011, 2016, and 2021. In the byelection held successful 2013, besides the AIADMK won. The Congress won it successful 1957, 1962, and 1984, and the DMK won it successful 1967, 1971, 1996, and 2006.
This tourer destination’s main request is for basal amenities.
R. Ramalingam, a nonmigratory of Yercaud, said that determination is nary drinking h2o installation for tourists visiting Yercaud. They person to bargain bottled h2o from shops. There are nary due nationalist toilets oregon parking facilities disposable astatine important locations successful the elevation station. Tourists parkland their vehicles connected the roadsides, resulting successful postulation congestion during weekends and connected holidays, helium added.
S. Jayaraman, a farmer, said that arecanut is cultivated connected implicit 10,000 hectares successful Vazhapadi, Singipuram, and Vaithiyagoundanpudur. Arecanut worthy ₹9,600 crore was sold during the past year. However, this has not benefitted the growers arsenic overmuch arsenic the middlemen. The farmers person demanded a regulatory marketplace for arecanut astatine Vazhapadi.
K. Kannan, a nonmigratory of Vazhapadi, said that brinjal, tomato, lady’s digit and spinach are cultivated connected 65% of the onshore successful and astir Vazhapadi taluk, and arecanut and different crops are cultivated successful the remaining area. The vegetables harvested present are sent to the Thalaivasal market, located 50 km away. Farmers are incapable to get a due terms for their produce. A acold retention warehouse with a capableness to store 100 tonnes was constructed 7 years agone connected Singipuram main road, but it has not travel into operation. This warehouse should beryllium operated, and a regulatory marketplace for vegetables should besides beryllium established successful Vazhapadi Taluk, helium added.
S. Mohan, a nonmigratory of Singipuram, said that students, particularly tribal students from assorted places successful the Yercaud constituency, have to spell to Attur oregon Salem for higher studies. The request for a authorities arts assemblage successful Vazhapadi taluk remains a dream.
The Yercaud constituency is expected to spot a four-cornered contention successful the Assembly election, with the DMK, AIADMK, TVK, and NTK successful the fray.
