Adivasis of non-scheduled villages stage protests in Visakhapatnam district
The Hindu
Tribal people owing allegiance to AP Adivasi JAC and Girijan Sangham apart from those owing allegiance to the Left parties staged protests in different mandals in the Agency area of the district on Tu
Tribal people owing allegiance to AP Adivasi JAC and Girijan Sangham apart from those owing allegiance to the Left parties staged protests in different mandals in the Agency area of the district on Tuesday, demanding inclusion of non-scheduled tribal villages in the 5th Schedule.
At a protest held at Tummavanipalem village of Ouruwada panchyat of V. Madugula mandal, under the aegis of the AP Girijan Sangham 5th Schedule Sadhana Committee, I. Narasimha Murthy, Girijan Sangham Non-Scheduled Area district general secretary, and Agriculture Workers Union leader K. Bhavani said that the people of non-scheduled tribal villages of Anantagiri, Devarapalli, Cheedikada, V. Madugula, Ravikamatham, Rolugunta, Kotauratla, Nathavaram and Golugonda mandals have not been brought under the purview of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), resulting in their neglect, even 75 years after Independence. They demanded that the ITDA general body meeting to be held on December 29 include their villages in the 5th Schedule apart from excluding them from the proposal to include them under the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA).