Can We Have Our Village Back? Villagers Up In Arms Against Evangelist Group Taking Over Village s Identity
by Swarajya Staff - Feb 15, 2021 06:44 AM
(Paul Dhinakaran, photo by Jesus Calls)
Residents of Nallur Vayal, a scenic village on the outskirts of Coimbatore are up in arms against their village being referred to as Karunya Nagar, in reference to a notorious Christian evangelist group s presence in the locality.
The Hindu s reporter cited one M Devarajan, head of Nallur Vayal Pathugappu Kuzhu (Nallur Vayal Protection Group), as saying that government records and institutions such as the police, banks, post offices had begun referring to the area as Karunya Nagar.
Nallur Vayal residents oppose name change to locality
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They submit petition at the weekly grievances redress meeting
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They submit petition at the weekly grievances redress meeting Residents of Nallur Vayal, a village in Madhvarayapuram panchayat, petitioned the Coimbatore district administration at the weekly grievances redress meeting on Monday opposing the area being referred to as Karunya Nagar.
M. Devarajan, who heads the Nallur Vayal Pathugappu Kuzhu, said be it the police, nationalised banks, post office or the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, all Central and State government establishments referred to the area as Karunya Nagar. The post office using Karunya Nagar to refer to Nallur Vayal had led to a situation where their voter identity card, ration card and other government documents showed them to be residents of the Nagar and not Nallur Vayal. The residents had been protesting the misrepresentation and had now come together to