Half-naked tribals from six villages stage protest

‘We lack roads, power supply and proper health care’

Seeking basic amenities, around 35 tribals from six bordering villages of Ravikamatham, Koyyuru and G.Madugula mandals, who were half-naked, staged a protest near the GVMC Gandhi Statue here on Saturday. They alleged that even after 74 years of Independence, their villages lack roads, power supply, proper health care and other basic amenities. Tribals from Neredubanda, Pasuvulabanda, Zeelugulova from Ravikamatham mandal and a few other villages in G Madugula and Koyyuru mandals, took part in the protest covering themselves with leaves. They alleged that more than 200 families from these six villages are living in dark due to lack of power supply. For them everyday is nightmare as there is a threat of snakes entering the localities in dark. Earlier, the Girijan Cooperative Corporation (GCC) used to supply kerosene, but now they have also stopped providing the fuel, said CPI(M) leader Govinda Rao.