Summary:
more-inSIRUMALAITribal people at Thalakadai on Sirumalai hill live in dark, waiting for power since Independence, owing to inordinate delay in providing electricity to these villages and the ‘lethargic’ attitude of Forest Department. Later, Dindigul MLA Mr.
Srinivasan became the Forest Minister in 2016. With no State government scheme reached the village till now, the Centre extended to major services — telephone facility and postal service — three decades ago. Neither buses nor ambulances come to Thalakadai owing to lack of of road facility. The Forest Department’s permission is needed to lay underground cables to provide power supply to Thalakadai and Velampannai..