The villagers held an agitation demanding road facilities for their villages and nearby villages. Additionally, 30 families from Kotulu Palem village belong to ST, and 40 from MK Patnam belong to SC.Due to lack of road facilities, residents face transportation difficulties, often navigating obstacles. For example, to travel from Koruprolu village to MK Patnam village, a distance of 3 kilometres, …
Amin Kadraka, 14, can tell you all about the latest Instagram reels, go through his Facebook friend list, and expertly navigate through his favourite YouTube videos. In Upparguma, another Dongria Kondh village with 45 families in Bissamcuttack block, only one family has ever sent their daughters to study at a school in Chatikona, 10 km away. However, the baseline survey …
Vishakhapatnam: Tribal groups hailing from Pedagaru, Pathasingi and Kottasingi, the hilltop PVTG tribal villages in Arla panchayat of Rolugunta mandal in Anakapalli district, took out a ‘Doli’ protest for four kilometres under auspices of the 5th Schedule Sadhana Committee of PVTG Kondu Adivasi Tribal Association. The hilltop PVTGs say due to lack of road facilities, they have to carry pregnant …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the PM-PVTG Development Mission — a scheme meant for the overall development of around 28 lakh people from Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups — in a special programme to mark the birth anniversary of tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda on November 15, which has been celebrated as Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas for three years now. In …
