The women members of Society for Rural, Urban and Tribal Area Improvement (SRUTAI) would stage a massive demonstration in front of the Revenue Divisional Commissioner’s (Southern) office here on February 13 seeking loans for women self-help groups, said its secretary Indira Kumari Nayak in a Press release here on Saturday.
Adecision to this effect was taken at an emergency meeting held recently under chairmanship of journalist Rabi Rath. Representatives of 80 SHGs attended the meeting. According to information, even though the Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC) had issued a directive to sanction loans to the SHGS way back in September 2012, the same has not been implemented. New office bearers of SRUTAI were chosen for 2014. They are Indira Kumari Nayak (secretary), Jagannath Gantayat (working president), Geetanjali Pradhan (treasurer) and Rajendra Kumar Panda as advisor.