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The Dravida Viduthalai Kazhagam, Coimbatore Unit, has alleged that avoiding of Anna Nagar stoppage successful Thondamuthur successful the territory by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) amounts to caste discrimination.
Espousing the origin of implicit 300 Scheduled Caste (SC) families residing successful Annanagar country adjacent Kempanur, functionaries said the residents, mostly students labourers, women and aged people, commuting to the metropolis each time had to locomotion for astir a kilometre to the nearest autobus halt astatine Kempanur
The TNSTC, successful the past, is learnt to person operated constricted services, successful the aftermath of protests by the residents.
The residents successful Kempanur belonging to an intermediary caste had, connected their part, staging protests, complaining that astir of the seats get occupied erstwhile the buses are operated from Anna Nagar.
The Dravida Viduthalai Kazhagam submitted a petition to the territory medication stating that the residents of Anna Nagar go susceptible to onslaught by chaotic animals and reptiles portion walking towards Kempanur stop.
The residents of Anna Nagar had reportedly explained their plight to the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Vanni Arasu erstwhile helium visited Coimbatore recently.
The Minister had besides urged the territory medication to code their grievance. The TNSTC authorities are seized of the issue, sources added.
