The alleged starvation death of a Dalit woman Sua Dei Nag even though is denied by the district administration has raised a question mark on implementation of the Food Security Act (FSA) in Balangir district.
A delegation of Congress members visited the village, inquired into the incident and found that Nag died due to starvation.
Members of party’s SC cell in Balangir district led by Trilochan Nanda submitted a seven-point charter of demands to the Governor of Odisha through the district administration.
They demanded that Government accept that Nag died due to starvation, proper implementation of the FSA, jobs to the members of Nag’s family members who have migrated to brick kilns and an inquiry by the Human Rights Commission and SC /ST Commission into the incident, besides steps to stop atrocities on SCs.