The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : Plea for inclusion of Kaveripakkam firka in Walajapet taluk

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Tuesday, Mar 22, 2005

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Plea for inclusion of Kaveripakkam firka in Walajapet taluk

By Our Staff Reporter

VELLORE, MARCH 21. There has not been much progress in the bifurcation and reorganisation of taluks though the bifurcation of districts in the State has been going on for about two-and-a-half decades to ensure better administration.

The erstwhile North Arcot district was bifurcated into Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts in 1989, bringing with it certain other reorganisations such as the bifurcation of the Ranipet revenue division and the creation of a new revenue division with Vellore as headquarters, having jurisdiction over the Vellore and Gudiyatham taluks.

After the Gudiyatham taluk was bifurcated with the creation of a new taluk with Katpadi as headquarters about seven years ago, the Katpadi taluk also came under the jurisdiction of the Vellore revenue division. The creation of the Katpadi taluk is the only development with regard to bifurcation or reorganisation of taluks in Vellore district in the last several decades.

The long-pending demand for the bifurcation of the Vaniyambadi taluk with the creation of a new taluk with Ambur as headquarters, is yet to be realised.

The people of the Kaveripakkam special village panchayat have been demanding for six years that the Kaveripakkam firka, comprising 26 revenue villages, be removed from the jurisdiction of the Arakkonam taluk and be included in the Walajapet taluk. This is because Walajapet is nearer than Arakkonam town.

The people in the villages in the Kaveripakkam firka now have to go to the taluk office in Arakkonam, located 40 km away, to obtain community and income certificates.

There are buses from Kaveripakkam to Arakkonam only once in two hours. However, Walajapet town is only 10 km away, and there is a bus to the town every five minutes.

The Collector, S. Gopalakrishnan, said that there is a ban on the reorganisation of taluks until the on-going delimitation of Assembly constituencies is completed.

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