Kerala Assembly elections | Residents of Pullampara in Thiruvananthapuram repose trust in democracy for their dreams

Residents miffed at the failure of the authorities in realising decades-long demand for a bridge across the Vamanapuram river that connected Pullampara and Kallara grama panchayats

For 65-year old Kumaran, Tuesday’s elections presented him and his neighbours at the Poyikyam colony in the Vamanapuram constituency in Thiruvananthapuram district an opportunity to display their unwavering trust towards the democratic process despite facing neglect in the pursuit of development. The residents of the Scheduled Castes colonies in Pullampara, near Venjaramoodu, flocked to the polling booth at the Mukkudil Lower Primary School to cast their votes. They exercised their franchise en masse, putting aside their grouse over the failure of the authorities in realising their decades-long demand for a bridge across the Vamanapuram river that connected the Pullampara and Kallara grama panchayats.