Support Federations
Vadamadurai Federation
Vadamadurai is one of the federations promoted by DHAN in Dindigul district. This federation has taken up an initiative to electrify all the Kalanjiam members homes. They are planning to set up an Energy Fund of Rs 1 Lakh. They plan to use it as a revolving fund to reach out to their members. They have done a survey of the members without electricity and have found that 776 are in need of this facility. This revolving fund will help them to provide soft loans to their members for this purpose. They will also raise loans form different sources and provide it to their members at as low as possible interest rates.
The Kalanjiam community Programme was started here in February 2000 and was registered as a federation in March 2002. There are 272 Kalanjiams in 90 villages with 5197 members. The federation is striving to improve the livelihood of the members through many activities.Dairy is one among the important business activities of the members that was supported by the federation .
A few case studies of the villages which are in need of support in this federation.
Moolapadiyur village
Moolapadiyur, a small hamlet of Padiyur Panchayat is located 11 kms from Vadamadurai, the head-quarters of the block. It has 230 households, of which RC buildings are 25, tiled houses 145 and thatched houses 60. Majority of the population belong to one of the most backward communities in Tamil Nadu. Around 40 households belong to the Scheduled Castes. Agriculture characterized by dry land farming is the main occupation of the residents. Agriculture is of subsistence in nature and almost all the households are involved in sheep rearing for their survival. The waste lands and the nearby hilly areas are used as pasture lands. The hamlet has very poor infrastructure such as road, transport and communication. The villagers have to walk minimum 3 kms to access public transport services. The hamlet has one primary school and around 60 children are studying. The children taking up high school study is very rare. The children have to go to Vadamadurai.
The hamlet has very poor electricity facilities and often called as dark village. Around 100 households are not yet electrified. Of which 74 are the members of Kalanjiams and are residing in thatched and tiled houses. The street lights are not functioning well. The grid connectivity is very poor. The poles are far away from the households. The hamlet needs 3 -5 poles for providing network for electricity connection. The households are very poor and are unable to pay the cost of electrification.
The hamlet has 6 Kalanjiams, functioning for the last 5 years. The Kalanjiams are planning to address the issue of electricity jointly.
Sundarapuri Village
Sundarapuri is situated 15 kms from Vadamadurai. It is situated on the Dindigul -Erode road. It is one of the remote hamlets of the block. Around 160 households are living in the hamlet and most of them are tiled houses. In this hamlet all the families belong to the Scheduled Caste and are living here for the past five generations. They own very small pieces of dry lands. They do farming in the main season and that too is decided by the monsoons. They go for coolie works to the near by villages. The wage rate is very low and ranges from Rs.30 to Rs.45 per day.
In addition to the coolie works they too go for their traditional works called as Urimaiadithal and Thappadithal. Normally at the time of village functions and death the villagers used to get works. The earnings are very meager and highly uncertain. The health and education infrastructure are very poor. There is no school in the hamlet and children have to walk minimum 3 kms to reach the primary school. The economic condition of the family and lack of infrastructure are contributing to high number of school dropouts in the hamlet.
Most of the households are having free electricity supply under the government sponsored scheme and a single bulb is provided. Ordinary bulbs are provided for street lights and are often under repair. 15 households are not yet electrified. Few households receiving power supply under the scheme wants to change for want of additional lighting and other requirements.
The hamlet has 2 Kalanjiams, functioning for the last 5 years. The Kalanjiams are planning to address the issue of electricity jointly.
Palathottam Village
Palathottam having 20 households is situated in Kalpatti Panchayat which is around 20 kms from Vadamadurai. The hamlet is one of the remote areas of the block and is situated in the foothills of Ayyalur forest. The hamlet is 4 kms away from Kalpatti and has no road and transport facility. The residents belong to one of the backward communities living in the area. Main occupation is agriculturesupported by livestock rearing and collection of wild herbs in the forest areas.
The hamlet has very poor infrastructure such as road, transport and communication. The villagers have to walk minimum 4 kms to access public transport services. The children have to walk 4 kms to reach primary school at Kalpatti. There is no street light. 11 households out of 20 have no electricity.
The hamlet has 1 Kalanjiam functioning for the last 5 years. The Kalanjiams are planning to address the issue of electricity jointly.
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