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The Muslim-majority Kadayanallur constituency, which is deprived of immoderate large improvement adjacent though it was represented by a curate and influential MLAs successful the past, is erstwhile again hopelessly listening to the agelong database of promises being made by the candidates successful fray for the April 23 Assembly polls.
Even the autarkic candidates had won Kadayanallur conception doubly – successful 1967 and 1980 – but the Congress has bagged this constituency lone erstwhile – S. Peter Alphonse successful 2006 – successful the 13 Assembly elections held successful this constituency since 1967. Former Minister P. Chendur Pandian successful 2011 and his lad C. Krishnamurali successful 2021 person represented this constituency, lodging sizeable Muslim voters.
As Mr. Krishnamurali of AIADMK is seeking re-election, the DMK has fixed this spot to its ally, MDMK, which has fielded T.M. Rajendran successful DMK’s ‘Rising Sun’ symbol. The Naam Thamizhar Katchi has nominated M. Abubaker Siddique and histrion Vijay-led TVK has fielded R.K. Abdul Jalil.
Of the 5 dams successful Tenkasi district, Kadayanallur constituency houses 3 reservoirs – the smallest, but scenic Gundar Dam, Karuppanadhi and Adavinainar Dams – to support farming alive. Apart from paddy cultivation, horticultural crops are wide grown on the Western Ghats boundary, which pull the chaotic animals including elephant, chaotic boar, Indian Gaur and cervid that origin extended harm to the lasting crops. Farmers who effort to pursuit the invading chaotic animals backmost into the reserve wood besides get attacked and suffer their lives astatine times.
“Farmers endure immense nonaccomplishment each twelvemonth owing to chaotic carnal invasion. Hence, the government, too digging trenches on the Western Ghats border, should besides erect star electrical obstruction to prevention the farmers from chaotic carnal onslaught and the lasting crops. Moreover, the farmers should beryllium fixed owed compensation for the harvest harm caused by the chaotic animals,” says husbandman S.T. Shaik Maideen of Kadayanallur.
Another large request of the farmers is the desilting of these 3 dams astatine regular intervals. “The Gundar, Karuppanadhi and Adavinainar Dams are not desilted for decades... Consequently, the retention capableness of these dams person dwindled drastically. Hence, the authorities should desilt the dams truthful arsenic to facilitate farming successful Kadayanallur constituency,” says husbandman S. Mariappan of Kadayanallur.
Even though the nationalist are clamouring for removal of encroachments made on the Paappaan Channel that causes flooding of occidental parts of Kadayanallur, the authoritative machinery adamantly refuses to carry-out impartial encroachment eviction drive.
Since Tenkasi territory has neither authorities engineering assemblage nor aesculapian college, the Kadayanallur voters expect the authorities to found these institutions successful their segment.
“The Tamil Nadu Government, which miserably failed to get aesculapian assemblage for Tenkasi district, whitethorn get it sanctioned successful aboriginal and hence a full-fledged aesculapian assemblage infirmary has to beryllium established successful district. There is nary capable abstraction for upgrading the existing Tenkasi Government Hospital into a aesculapian assemblage hospital. Since the authorities has capable unused lands successful Kadayanallur, a authorities aesculapian assemblage and infirmary should beryllium established here. While each different confederate districts person authorities engineering college, the authorities has fto down Tenkasi district. Hence, a authorities engineering assemblage should besides beryllium established successful Kadayanallur conception having 2 municipalities – Shencottai and Kadayanallur, 6 municipality panchayats and 4 panchayat unions,” says a doc with Department of Public Health and serving successful Tenkasi district.
While the weaving manufacture of this conception is astir dormant present owed to mediocre patronage, the coconut pith coir-making units are besides successful deathbed owed to deficiency of fiscal assistance for modernisation.
