Kerala Assembly elections | The dwindling votes of Bonacaud in Thiruvananthapuram district
The Hindu
History of the hilly region, which comes under the Aruvikkara Assembly constituency, is linked to the present through workers of now-defunct tea plantations
It is not yet noon, and the occasional breeze is the only relief from the heat at booth number 24 at the Government Upper Primary School, Bonacaud, in the Aruvikkara Assembly constituency. A few hundred metres back on the road along the school is a post office that spells the name of the place as Bonaccord. It is, however, known as Bonacaud among the local people. The history of Bonacaud is linked to the present through workers of tea plantations here that closed down two decades ago. The plantations were maintained by people whose forefathers had been brought from Tamil Nadu. After the factory downed shutters, some of them moved back to their home State — an estimated 150 of the 791 voters here. However, each election, they had been back, with some facilitation by party workers.More Related News