Lack of road facility: Villagers in Tiruvarur struggling for 15 years to bury corpses

Due to the lack of proper road facilities, the Kamugakudi village people find it difficult to carry the dead bodies to the cremation ground which is located around a km away from the village.

Tiruvarur (Tamil Nadu): Seven decades of Independence and other progress notwithstanding, a large section of the rural populace of Kamugakudi village of Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu are struggling for access to a basic survival need like proper road facility.

Mainly inhabited by more than 100 families, Kamugakudi village continues to suffer in silence.

Due to the lack of proper road facilities, the village people find it difficult to carry the dead bodies to the cremation ground which is located around a km away from the village. The people carry bodies across the fields.

"They have constructed a crematorium but there is no road. We have to cross the marshy land to carry corpses with great difficulty. We have submitted petitions to BDO and other officials without any avail. If the district collector looks into our plight and construct a proper road, it will be greatly beneficial," said, Eswararaj, a villager.

"The cemetery was built 5 years ago after continuous protests. Government officials have visited here and they have knowledge about these issues, still, no action has been taken," he said.

Owing to the lack of road connectivity in Kamugakudi village, those faced with a medical emergency have no other option than to carry the patients like bundles of hay. Cots are being used in this case.

The village people are undergoing a lot of struggles as they do not have road facilities for more than 15 years. Their only request to the government is to provide them with road facilities.

This illustrates how concerned authorities have decided to turn a blind eye to the villagers' demands for basic road connectivity issues.