An arid region with potential that is yet to be tapped
The Hindu
This election will be a litmus test for Puthiya Thamizhagam’s K. Krishnasamy
Within a short span of just one-and-a-half year, the dry Ottapidaaram (Reserved) constituency that witnessed a by-poll following the disqualification of its sitting MLA Sundararajan, is all set to witness an Assembly election. Though this region has been the birth place of warriors like V. O. Chidambaram, Veerapandia Kattabomman and Sundaralingam, it is still battling to get its due share of better basic amenities. No river flows here and neither does any irrigation channel, originating from the Tamirabharani, criss-cross the rain-shadow Ottapidaaram region that houses huge number of farmhands.More Related News