Dalit people demand panchami land parcels

Coimbatore: Members of the arunthathiyar community from Mettupalayam on Monday petitioned the collector, requesting him to retrieve the panchami lands that have been encroached by people from other communities.
“In November 2019, we had sought panchami land for landless dalit people and patta for 450 dalit families in the area. We had petitioned the Coimbatore collector and the Mettupalayam tahsildar. But no action was taken,” said J P Nagendran, a representative of Samooga Needhi Katchi.
“Along with the 450 dalit families mentioned in their earlier petition, there are 350 more dalit families in nearby areas that require land. Encroachments on panchami lands should be cleared and the 800 families in Mettupalayam be given land patta,” the petition said. TNN