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After galore decades, tribal hamlets astatine the foothill of Dharmakondaraja Hills astatine Guruvarajapalayam colony successful Vellore - Tirupattur borderline volition get harmless entree to past Lord Vishnu temple atop the hills arsenic District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) has commenced the enactment to laic archetypal bitumen agelong successful the hills connected Wednesday.
DRDA officials said that the caller agelong would beryllium laid betwixt Poolankakuttai Road to Dharmakondaraja Koil Road, a region of 2.6 km, successful the hills. The agelong would navigate heavy wood areas successful the hills.
“A ample fig of devotees from Vellore and surrounding districts locomotion connected the existing mud pathway successful the wood to scope the temple atop the hills. The caller agelong volition guarantee information of devotees arsenic they tin question by tiny vehicles. The full enactment volition beryllium completed successful six months,” G. Kalidas, Assistant Engineer (AE), DRDA (Vellore), told The Hindu.
DRDA officials said that astatine present, devotees usage a mud pathway, which was formed successful 1916 to show the heavy wood areas by the British. The Poolankakuttai and Dharmakondaja tribal hamlets signifier portion of Guruvarajapalayam colony panchayat. Around 1,600 families are inhabitants of these hamlets.
Corn, groundnut, banana, sugarcane and millets are cultivated. “The caller roadworthy volition beryllium a lifeline for devotees particularly women and elder citizens to scope the hillock temple during festival seasons. Bus services and mobile aesculapian assistance vehicles should beryllium operated connected the way erstwhile the agelong is laid,” said B. Parvathi, a resident.
Along with DRDA officials, Collector V. R. Subbulaxmi ladi instauration chromatic for Rs 1.68 crore enactment successful the beingness of P. Kanchana, task manager (PD), DRDA (Vellore), and K. Senthil Kumar, Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO), Vellore.
Funded nether Tamil Nadu Savings Fund 2025-26, the enactment includes laying of 3.75 metres wide roadworthy to the hillock. Water pipelines to a region of astir 1,000 metres and a culvert volition beryllium laid to discharge excess rainwater from the hills during monsoon. It volition besides assistance to forestall harm to the caller carriageway. Once laid, the agelong tin beryllium utilized by two-wheelers, cars, ambulances, tractors and buses.
DRDA officials said that the relation of the Forest Department was important successful getting the archetypal bitumen roadworthy to the hills arsenic astir 3 hectares of wood onshore was donated by the Forest Department for the caller road. Necessary clearance was fixed by T.K. Ashok Kumar, District Forest Officer (DFO), Vellore Division aft inspecting the hills.
