After two decades, the Hulical panchayat in Coonoor taluk is all set to lay an access road to six Irula tribal hamlets in the remote area of Bannatti. The new road will facilitate access for 250 tribal families in the hamlets to the nearby town, Selas.
ZP CEO KM Gayatri directed the authorities to gear up for the summer challenges, including drinking water supply to all. Officials should visit spots to know issues and find solutions immediately. Officials should visit tribal hamlets to ensure all their problems are addressed, and they avail govt schemes. Fodder transportation banned from district to outside districts. Officials must ensure this, failing which action will be taken. Houses should be provided with toilets.
Two tribal hamlets outside Nagarahole Tiger Reserve in Mysuru will soon receive round-the-clock electricity through a renewable energy-based microgrid. This project aims to provide basic facilities to tribal families residing in forest areas.
In the last five months, five young women, two of whom were minors, died of suicide in nearby tribal hamlets on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram, raising concerns that antisocial elements were exploiting the local women. In the past, suspicious deaths of tribal women in Kerala have been linked to drug trafficking rings.