RANIPET: For S Selvi, a 30-year-old Irular woman from Kalavai village in Ranipet, 20 years of life in darkness will end soon as District Collector Baskarapandian has paid Rs 57,000 to get power connections for 19 Irular families in Athiyanam, Kalavai, and Mel Nelli villages.
With no money to pay Rs 3,000 each as deposit fee for new power connections, the only sources of light after dusk for these families were lamps and candles. Receipts for the deposit money paid from the Collector’s discretionary fund were handed over to the fami l ies on Wednesday.
