Summary:
more-inMembers of the Malai Vedan tribal community living in the Nilgiris petitioned the District Collector during the weekly grievance day meeting here at the Collectorate in Udhagamandalam on Monday, demanding community certificates. In their petition, the residents said that around 200 people belonging to the Malai Vendan tribal community were living in the villages of Thattaneri and Pannimaram. They demanded that the district administration take steps to hand over the certificates to them. The residents claimed that they had been demanding community certificates for the last 17 years, but were being turned away by the district administration. District Revenue Officer T Baskarapandi received petitions pertaining to demands for family cards, pensions and basic amenities..