CHENNAI: After TNIE published an article highlighting how 50 Irular tribal families living in Kadal Kanniyur village have been stranded due to flooding and are going hungry, the Tiruvallur district administration reached out to them with food and dry ration on Sunday.
The article mentioned that the families were going hungry with floodwaters from Ennore-Pulicat backwaters marooning their village, and lack of work opportunities due to the rains.
Tiruvallur Collector Alby John said Ponneri Tahasildar visited the village with relief materials. The tribals were served hot food and dry ration. S Ravi, a villager, said each family was given food supplies, like rice, that would suffice for a week.