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CHENNAI: Though atrocities on Dalits continue, only a few of the incidents are reported and even these cases are pending in courts. Between 2001 and 2004, only 730 cases were reported and taken up for action. Of this in only two cases convictions were given, says V. Karuppan, State Convenor of National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights. "In Chengalpattu region, 11,000 Dalit fishermen are engaged in backwater fishing and own catamarans. These people's problem is that they have not even been asked by the authorities (what they have lost)," Mr. Karuppan said. In the December 26, 2004 tsunami, though 175 Dalits lost their lives and many of them lost their livestock and poultry the focus was initially on the fisher folk. "Their (Dailts) complaints remained unheard in the chaos," says M. Ari, state secretary of the organisation. "In many villages coolies walk many kilometres for jobs because of social boycott. Such cases of discrimination must be registered under the Scheduled Caste Atrocities Act but often the cases are never reported," he noted.
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