Around 5,000 tribals from 64 villages under the aegis of the Adivasi Kranti Sangathan (AKS) on Thursday staged a demonstration in front of Kankadahad block office demanding fulfilment of their 14-point charter of demands.
The demands included formulation of a law in the line of Chhattisgarh in order to protect the interest of the tribals, provide Grama Sabha status to all hamlet villages of tribals, provide job cards to the identified tribal labourers under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, appointment of experienced doctors at all health centres in tribal dominated areas, provision of health services through mobile van, allotment Indira Awas houses and immediate release of compensation money to the cyclone Phailin and flood-affected tribal families soon.
The tribals too submitted the memorandum to the Chief Minister through the Kankadahad BDO.
Akshay Kumar Pany, Pratap Marandy, Madhusudan Tiria, Salkhu Murmu, Rajamaan Hembram, Sahadev Tudu and Pramod Barik led the demonstration.