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The tribal residents of Bodhamalai got a mud roadworthy for 9.9 km betwixt Pudhupatti and Kedamalai, astatine a outgo of ₹34.12 crore, aft astir 75 years of India’s Independence.
Bodhamalai, located 1,100 meters supra mean oversea level, has 3 hamlets covering 36.4 sq. km. Keezhur has a colonisation of 792, of which 395 are females. The colonisation of Melur is 448 and that of Kedamalai is 487. Due to deficiency of well-developed roads, radical were utilizing impermanent roads and walked 11 km to scope the foothills adjacent during emergencies. The nearest authorities infirmary astatine Rasipuram is located 15 km away.
As the way to the elevation was nether the power of the Forest Department, they struggled to get support for a road.
In 2024, the Namakkal territory medication got consent from the Union Environment Ministry and the State Forest Department to laic roads. It was decided to laic roads for 31.07 km, including betwixt Vadugam and Melur done Keezhur for 21.17 km astatine ₹105.53 crore and from Pudhupatti to Kedamalai for 9.9 km astatine ₹34.12 crore. The full task outgo was ₹139.65 crore, including NABARD money of ₹111.72 crore and the State authorities money of ₹27.93 crore. In February 2024, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin laid the instauration for the roadworthy works.
After 2 years, the mud roadworthy laying works betwixt Pudhupatti and Kedamalai were completed and opened to the public. Now radical usage vehicles connected this agelong to scope the foothills.
The District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) officials said that it would instrumentality a fewer months to laic bitumen-topped roads. A connection for this was submitted to the government. Works to make a mud roadworthy for 21.17 km were astir completed between Vadugam and Melur via Keezhur. For the archetypal time, EVMs would beryllium sent successful vehicles to these hamlets for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election. Earlier, officials took the EVMs and different materials implicit their heads to these hamlets, the officials added.
