After decades, tribals atop Peechamanthai hillock in Vellore get bitumen road

Nezly years later, on the Peachamanthai Hillock in Vellore, the tribal hamlets were opened to the public on Thursday, a stretch of a 5.75 km stretch with a new black hill between the Nekkani and Kollaiyam tribal hamlets.

The Rural Development Agency (DRDA) officials conducting the study said that the tribal before the new stretch, the 1900s used a mud path created by British rulers to monitor thick forest areas.

“The new bitumen stretch is a life line to reach public facilities such as hospitals during emergencies.

DRDA officials, Nekkani and Kollaiyam Hamlets, the natives of the Patta soil for the new road donated 2.47 acres, he said. Two hamlets with approximately 400 residents are part of the Palambattu Village Panchayat on the hill. Corn, peanuts, bananas, sugar cane and millet are grown.

Every day, on average, two bus services are employed to the village of Peechamanthai, about 18 km away from the skirts with bitumen tension. From the village of Pechemanthai, the inhabitants have to walk five km on a rocky road on the hill to reach these two hamlets.

Before the opening of the new road, Tribals took a way to buy access facilities such as the Primary Health Center (PHC), State High School, Fair Price Shop, Banks, ATMs and State Offices to reach the town of Vellore, a deviation of 30 km from the Amirthi Main Road in Anaicut.

DRDA officials, after shaking his head from the forest department, Tamil Nadu Rural Roads Improvement Program (TNRRIS) under a 20 FT diameter of a bitumen road was thrown with La Crore cost, he said.

Since the large part of the road was located along the Naganathi River, 17 cross drainage studies containing three culverts were built to prevent the tension from being damaged due to watering during the monsoon.