Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Castes visits Karunapuram
Chairman of Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Castes Kishore Makwana consoling the member of the family of a hooch sufferer at Karunapuram in Kallakurichi city on June 26, 2024
| Photograph Credit score: S.S. Kumar
A five-member staff from the Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Castes on Wednesday visited Karunapuram, the epicentre of the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi city.
The staff was led Chairman Kishore Makwana and comprised members Vaddepalli Ramachander and Love Kush Kumar; Sanmeet Kaur, Deputy Inspector-Basic of Police; and Dinesh Vyas, Deputy Director. The staff interacted with Karunapuram residents on the deaths. It additionally visited these admitted on the Kallakurichi Authorities Medical School and Hospital and convened a gathering on the Collectorate.
Talking to reporters, Mr. Makwana stated the sale of hooch had been prevalent at Karunapuram for lengthy and no motion was taken by the police and the authorities involved regardless of repeated complaints. An analogous tragedy occurred final 12 months and had the State authorities been on alert, the deaths at Karunapuram might have been averted. The lax angle of the federal government resulted within the tragedy. A lot of the victims have been the breadwinners and belonged to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, he stated.
Mr. Makwana additionally known as upon the State authorities to assist the training of the victims’ kids. It must also take stringent motion to forestall such an incident in future. The Fee would submit its report back to the Centre to make sure justice to the victims, he stated.
