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Vepanahalli constituency is geographically fragmented with the Krishnagiri-Bengaluru National Highway dividing the constituency connected either side. One portion of the constituency is person to Krishnagiri headquarters, portion the different concludes wrong the proximal region to Hosur constituency.
The non-contiguous geography has besides rendered issues faced by the constituents uniquely divers and heterogenous.
Vepanahalli is chiefly agrarian with horticultural cropping. Parts of Shoolagiri and Udhanapalli are facing imminent onshore alienation with notification of lands for constitution of SIPCOT concern estates, fixed its proximity to Hosur’s concern ecosystem.
The State Government’s propulsion for high-ticket investments successful Hosur, has brought authorities successful nonstop confrontation with the farmers contesting the precise logic of acquiring horticultural lands for concern estates. Hundreds of farmers and tens of villages basal defender refusing to concede their lands.
Sanamavu and the neighbouring panchayats of Birjepalli look harvest depredation from the incursions of chaotic animals, particularly elephants. These areas are highly delicate to antagonistic human-animal interaction, and resultant uncertainty connected remunerative incomes from agriculture owing to harvest depredation, bringing them successful struggle with the Forest Department.
Vepanahalli and Rayakottai are known for horticultural crops, chiefly vegetables. Rayakottai is known for herb cultivation, with the Rayakottai mandi being the centre for herb proviso crossed the State. Rayakottai and the farmers of surrounding areas request remunerative prices for their nutrient that is babelike connected the cardinal mandi.
Two irrigation schemes for h2o absorption of 2 districts, Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri, are projected from this constituency. The Ennekolputhur-Badethalavu irrigation task envisions harvesting runoff from River Thenpennai for filling up of lakes successful Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri. Similarly, Aliyalam canal task envisions tapping of the runoff from River Thenpennai done a check-dam and transmission waters up to Palacode and neighbouring constituencies of Dharmapuri.
The Ennekolputhur task announced successful the fag extremity of the past word nether the AIADMK authorities albeit nether execution but astatine snail’s pace.
Vepanahalli constituency is facing a two-cornered contest, betwixt the AIADMK’s lawman wide caput K.P. Munusamy, the sitting MLA and DMK’s P.S. Srinivasan, a younker helping lawman wide secretary.
Uniquely, the constituency had voted against the enactment that would signifier the authorities successful each Assembly election. In 2011 and 2016, the DMK wrested the constituency, portion the AIADMK formed the government. In 2021, resisting the monolithic expanse of the DMK, Vepanahalli voted for the AIADMK-PMK alliance. However, Mr. Munusamy’s triumph borderline was hardly 3,000 votes. The DMDK ,now successful confederation with the DMK, had won implicit 3,600 votes backmost successful 2021. In the lawsuit of ballot transfer, it is anticipated arsenic an vantage for the DMK.
While Mr. Munusamy is simply a known and seen arsenic a heavy-weight, the DMK campaigner is besides known locally. For the AIADMK, determination is besides a situation of ballot erosion successful favour of the TVK. Unlike a immense bulk of different constituencies, wherever TVK is expected to undercut votes, successful Vepanahalli, the situation is the campaigner itself.
TVK’s campaigner S.R. Sampangi was successful the AIADMK until recently, earlier joining the TVK. He had famously lent his car for the transport of V.K. Sasikala from the inter-State borderline during her merchandise from situation aft serving her sentence. He was reportedly side-lined successful the enactment aft that incident. Mr. Sampangi is besides the territory president of Crushers Association. Alongside him is different ex-AIADMK functionary Hemnath, who was the AIADMK campaigner and runner-up successful the 2016 Assembly elections, and a three-time Shoolagiri Union chairperson. Between them, the AIADMK and PMK votes whitethorn beryllium swayed to favour the TVK.
