When some Irular families were displaced due to the Krishnagiri Reservoir
Project (KRP), to ensure their children continued their education I facilitated
the provision of temporary shelters for them. I then allotted land for them
and now permanent houses have been built. Their colony now boasts good
drinking water, solar lighting, and sanitation facilities. Their livelihood was
taken care of by the NREgS.
I am happy and proud to see these 13 children smart in their uniforms, going
to school assured of a bright future. I feel if somebody had taken interest in me
while I was growing up, I would have been an educated person today. It is my
good fortune that god has given me the opportunity to help the needy.
My mission has not ended yet. I continue to ensure that all school going age
children in my Panchayat are going to school.