Beating The Odds: How Odisha’s Red Corridor Is Undergoing Covid Vaccination
Modernity may not have reached the naxal-affected districts of Odisha, but Corona has.
Sandeep Sahu 04 June 2021, Last Updated at 1:36 pm Photo by Kishore Dash Sandeep Sahu 2021-06-04T13:29:21+05:30 Beating The Odds: How Odisha’s Red Corridor Is Undergoing Covid Vaccination outlookindia.com 2021-06-04T13:36:55+05:30
Known for decades as a fortress of Maoist insurgency because of its remoteness and inaccessibility, Malkangiri district in the extreme south of Odisha bordering Andhra Pradesh fits the description ‘back of beyond’ perfectly. Life in the Bonda Hills, comprising the two panchayats of Mudulipada and Andrahal, in particular, is still stuck in the medieval age, far removed from the 21
Twenty-one more members of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in Odisha were afflicted with coronavirus, taking their number to 45, official sources said on Sunday. The PVTG is a classification by the central government for tribes based on their relative physical isolation, declining population, low levels of literacy and pre- agricultural stage of economy such as hunting, food gathering and shifting cultivation. Before 2016, PVTGs were known as Primitive Tribal Groups. While the number of PVTG people infected with COVID-19 was 21 till Friday, 10 more members of the Bonda tribe and 14 of the Dongaria Kondha community tested positive for the virus since Saturday, officials said.
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