Thane Cyclone and Brutal Caste Atrocity against Dalits in Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu states

Find here the link to a fact finding report titled ‘Thane Cyclone and Brutal Caste Atrocity against Dalits in Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu’, conducted by Tamil Nadu based organisation, SASY (Social Awareness Society for Youths), in the wake of the Thane cyclone that hit the state in December end. This report once again brings to the forefront, the ongoing atrocities committed against Dalits, (the former ‘untouchables’) even in the backdrop of natural calamities.

Thane Social Audit

Find linked here the Press releases of  Thane cyclone social audit, Tamil Nadu, conducted by National Dalit Watch of NCDHR, which re-confirms the same tragic state of affairs for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, as established conclusively by experiences of past disasters (the Gujarat earthquake (2001), the Tsunami (2004), and the Bihar floods (2007 and 2008), Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka floods (2009), Assam floods (2010 and 2011) and Orissa floods (2011) ) that disasters magnify the existing caste based discrimination, leading to extreme forms of exclusion, thus exacerbating their vulnerability manifold. 


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