The tribes from the cooollarku set out on the Anakkulam route in Edamalaku. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Lack of connectivity on the road in Edamalaku has gained one more life, the first tribal panchayat state in idukki, this time a 60 -year -old woman.
Amruthavally, resident of Shedakuda, sought out the treatment of the family medical center in societies for asthma on Tuesday. The doctor recommended her to look for advanced treatment in Adimals. The lack of the right road, however, prevented her from seeking treatment immediately and her condition deteriorated on Wednesday morning and she died.
A five -year -old boy died on Saturday, the tribal settlement of Kooollarku, after he did not get to the hospital in time. People were forced to carry a child of a child in a coffin to achieve a settlement.
Death renewed the call for a proper road facility to Panchayat. The tribes demand a new way from Anakkulum in the shortage after their settlement.
After the boy’s death, the officer visited the extension of the Munnar tribal extension of Kooollarku and the inhabitants presented a memorandum with the performance of the demand.
“The Kooollarku settlement is home to 22 tribal families. The way from Anakkulum will make it easy to access the shortage and adimals. Through the Societudy-Munnar route (which is not now motorcycle), we have to travel over 80 km to reach Adimals’ hospitals.
“Such roads can easily be reached from 26 of 22 tribal settlements and be useful for more than 900 people out of 300 families in Edamalaku Panchayat. To achieve society, we have to travel over 10 km by dense forests. The proposed road will be useful for us,” he says.
“The family health center is the closest point for medical assistance for the root people. They have to go through four hours of dense forests to get there, during which they can meet wild animals,” says Tijo P. Jose.
“I visited the kooollarku and there I kept vaccination and medical camps and experienced the difficulties facing the basic needs. The situation becomes desperate during the monsoon season,” says Dr. Jose.
According to forest officials, the proposed road falls into the forest areas of the Munnar and Manclam divisions. “The divisional forest officer can provide one hectare for development activities. For more land, the center approval is required,” says the officer.
Construction work on the road connecting Munnar with the Societykua Society in Edamalacku remained stopped.
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Published – August 28 2025 9:01
