Struggle for the Land and Livelihood of Dalits in Karunakaracherry Village

The struggle for Land and Livelihood is not from the recent past. From time immemorial the struggle has passed on to generations.

In India caste struggle has completely dominated the past centuries, it continues to haunt the Dalits (Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe) in India because of their race, Colour, Sex and their ethnicity.

Though Globalization has taken over India to become the fastest growing economy, on the other hand it has not addressed the issues faced by a dalits in India.

The development projects benefit the rich and powerful at the cost of Powerless people. This paper is a case study about one of the road development Projects and how it impacted the Dalits in the village.

The social worker acted as a Social Activist to help the survival of the village people. In Karunakaracherry Village (Poonamallee Taluk, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India), 19 Patta(Legal land Document) house holds belongs to Dalit community, has been acquired for the 400 feet outer Ring Road Project (Vandalur – minjur) under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

Due to this the SC People lost their land for the Government project. Since 2004 the people who lost their land has been demanding for an alternative free house sites with in the available limit of the waste lands in their own community.

These land less community is cruelly affected by ruthless poverty so the panchayat raj representatives has to take necessary steps to give back the panchami lands to panchamars. Initiating stringent action against the government officials those who acted against the land rights.Protecting the lands of dailts from the encroachment by other.Redeeming and hand over panchami /mahar/ depressed land to dalits, 5).

Stop eviction of dalits from their occupied lands in the name of development projects Forced and acquisition for road development project, the factor, often in conjunction with one another, force many, especially those belonging to marginalized.

Communities, the working poor, and the landless to leave there homes and habitats and live in adequate conditions with little or no access to civic services, there by violating their rights to water, sanitation, food, electricity, education, and generally livelihood too.

The land Acquisition Act only works to Disenfranchise people who have been living on the land for several generations and are dependent on it for their livelihood.

The struggle for Land and Livelihood is not from the recent past. From time immemorial the struggle has passed on to generations.

The struggle for Land and Livelihood is not from the recent past. From time immemorial the struggle has passed on to generations.

In India caste struggle has completely dominated the past centuries, it continues to haunt the Dalits (Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe) in India because of their race, Colour, Sex and their ethnicity.

Though Globalization has taken over India to become the fastest growing economy, on the other hand it has not addressed the issues faced by a dalits in India.

The development projects benefit the rich and powerful at the cost of Powerless people. This paper is a case study about one of the road development Projects and how it impacted the Dalits in the village.

The social worker acted as a Social Activist to help the survival of the village people. In Karunakaracherry Village (Poonamallee Taluk, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India), 19 Patta(Legal land Document) house holds belongs to Dalit community, has been acquired for the 400 feet outer Ring Road Project (Vandalur – minjur) under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

Due to this the SC People lost their land for the Government project. Since 2004 the people who lost their land has been demanding for an alternative free house sites with in the available limit of the waste lands in their own community.

These land less community is cruelly affected by ruthless poverty so the panchayat raj representatives has to take necessary steps to give back the panchami lands to panchamars. Initiating stringent action against the government officials those who acted against the land rights.Protecting the lands of dailts from the encroachment by other.Redeeming and hand over panchami /mahar/ depressed land to dalits, 5).

Stop eviction of dalits from their occupied lands in the name of development projects Forced and acquisition for road development project, the factor, often in conjunction with one another, force many, especially those belonging to marginalized.

Communities, the working poor, and the landless to leave there homes and habitats and live in adequate conditions with little or no access to civic services, there by violating their rights to water, sanitation, food, electricity, education, and generally livelihood too.

The land Acquisition Act only works to Disenfranchise people who have been living on the land for several generations and are dependent on it for their livelihood.

By

Sudhar San

sudhan_shree-at-yahoo.co.in