Tribal Settlements in Munnar Struggle for Access to Roads

• Tribal women in Valsapettykudy tribal settlement in Anamudi Shola National Park face severe conditions due to lack of proper roads.

• The government’s failure to build a proper road has left nearly 330 Muthuvan tribal families in five settlements isolated due to monsoon rain.

• The lack of a proper road has led to children being shifted to hostels at the age of five to attend school.

• Former Vattavada grama panchayat president R. Ramaraj alleges that officials from the Munnar wildlife division are obstructing road construction for tribal settlements.

• Munnar Wildlife Warden K.V. Harikrishnan states that the construction of a proper road would require 3.5 hectares of forestland.