Tribal school run from unsafe building near Anamalai Tiger Reserve

TIRUPPUR: The education of tribal children of Kuzhipatti settlement within the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) has been affected due to the lack of a proper school building.

A government primary school with 15 students is being run from a house in the village owing to the poor condition of its building. Similarly, the village anganwadi is also functioning in this house.

The tribal community demanded the authorities to raze the existing school building and construct a new building. They also demanded the construction of an anganwadi building along with the school.