Protests started in 2008 campaigning to demolish the wall led mostly by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and left-wing organizations.
Later a small portion of the wall was demolished by the government to allow entry to the Dalits to access the main road.
The Dalits are not permitted to enter an dominant caste-dominated streets and are refused space in the community halls and in the village squares and were also denied entry to burial sites.
[10] Following the state-wide protests of the progressive organisations, the electricity minister of Tamil Nadu called for the removal of the power line.
The Dalits orchestrated a demonstration at the front of the Taluk office calling for the wall to be pulled down.
The CPI(M)'s general secretary, N. Varadarajan said that his party cadre will demolish the wall on their own if the government did not take any actions.
When district officials met with them, they made several demands including a patta for a temple where they had been worshiping for more than 400 years, a permanent police outpost in the village, and new housing for people whose residences which they claimed were destroyed by Dalit anti-socials during the riots of 1989.
Although several dominant caste members welcomed them with folded arms, there were women crying in the streets opposing their entry.
[16] In October 2015, the Dalits and the dominant caste villagers clashed during a temple festival which started over a dispute over placing a garland over a tree.