A State level women three-day convention on tribal issues was organised at Kashipur from December 9 to 11 by NGO Agragamee.
250 women members belonging to underprivileged and weaker sections from 10 districts participated and shared their views on education, health, NREGS, ICDS and general governance.
Inaugurating the convention, Odisha State Food Commission Chairman Ragalal Jamuda told that due to lack of food and nutrition, deaths of children took place on a massive scale in Malkanigiri and Nagada of Jajpur district.
He suggested increasing intake of nutritious food and resistance capacity to various diseases among women and children. He also laid stress on changing of the food habit of the tribals.
Eminent social activist Bidutlata Huika spoke about NREGS mess, former district Collector Gadadhar Parida about good governance, RTE Forum convenor and member-secretary, Sikshasandhan Anil Pradhan on RTE, Dr Chandan Kumar Singh on adult literacy and provision of Saakhar Bharat, Dr Narendra Mishra on education in tribal area, CDMO Dr Sarat Bandhu Mohapatra and Dr BlN Prusty on health issue and Government provision in rural and tribal areas, Sabaramatee on agriculture, Roshnara Mohanty and Mukunda Sahu on NREGS and Achyut Das on self-governance by the tribals.