Forest and Environment Minister Jogu Ramanna says Adivasis have started reaping benefits of various schemes aimed at empowering them

Forest and Environment Minister, Jogu Ramanna, on Wednesday said that the TRS government realised the ideals of tribal legend Kumram Bheem, by introducing welfare schemes for the welfare of tribal people and added that the tribals have started reaping the benefits of such schemes.

Speaking on the occasion of the 78th martyrdom anniversary of Kumram Bheem, Ramanna said that the deaths of Adivasis has come down after the TRS assumed power in the State and added that Rs 25 crore was granted for constructing a Kumram Bheem memorial and museum at Jodeghat village in Kerameri mandal, where the legend attained martyrdom.

The Minister further stated that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was the first person in office to attend the anniversary of the tribal legend in 2014 and added that the State has been organising Kumram Bheem’s anniversary officially, unlike the previous governments. The TRS government had issued RoFR pattadar passbooks to 17,000 adivasis dwelling in Agency areas, he informed.

Ramanna recalled that a double road was laid between Hatti and Jodeghat at a cost of Rs 17 crore, recently and added that the TRS government was committed for the welfare and growth of tribals. He alleged the Congress party of trying to create differences between Advasis and Lambadas by backing one of the sections and urged all the people to be cautious of the lies being spread by the opposition party leaders.

Adilabad MP G Nagesh, Adilabad Municipal Chairperson R Maneesha, and TRS mandal president Laxmi also paid tributes to Kumram Bheem. They hailed Bheem for sacrificing his life for the rights of the aboriginal tribals over water, forest and land in 1940. They added that struggles of the legend had transformed the lives of Adivasis.

 

 

 

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