Express News Service
MALKANGIRI: It s hard to kick the habit. Kicking one that gives a real high of easy money in a landscape that remained bereft of development for decades is even harder, but in far-flung villages of Swabhiman Anchal, local tribals are making that effort.
A region where hemp cultivation proliferated away from the gaze of enforcement agencies for decades, natives are now willing to shift and give cash crops a chance for livelihood. Ginger cultivation has been making its presence felt, slowly but steadily. Millets like ragi too are now finding takers among tribal farmers.
In Dhuliput panchayat s Dunktar village, Rama Hantal is into both turmeric and ragi and happy to give both crops a longer try. Ever since Gurupriya Bridge built connect with the mainstream and governance began to reach out, tribal farmers are inclined to take up these crops. The process has been slow but is working.
Six bodies of children were recovered by Tuesday evening while two migrant labourers are still missing as two boats capsized in Sileru River under Chitrakonda block in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Monday night.