Thiruvananthapuram: The Adivasi Maha Sabha (AMS) state committee has said that the State Government has lapsed over Rs 40 crore allotted for SC/ST development in the State during 2008-09.
Addressing a news conference here on Friday, AMS state president Mohan Thriveni and secretary S.Babu said that the LDF Government had curtailed the size of the Plan Fund. They said that by stopping the Bharath Darshan programme, the tribal students had been denied an opportunity to tour the country.
The LDF Government also stopped conducting the youth festival of tribal students, they said. A request for information on the surrender statement furnished by the SC/ST Development Director was turned down by the State Information Officer, they said. The AMS office-bearers alleged that the LDF Government had not included any new project for tribals in the State Budget after it came to power.
The demand for providing medical identity card for tribals was rejected citing the heavy costs involved in it. The Government has not initiated any steps to construct a permanent building for the Post-Matric Hostel in the capital.
The CBSE school at Njaraneeli has not been completed. They said that the Union Government had sanctioned Rs 25 lakh to improve the quality of education of the students. But, this fund was diverted for erecting fencing at the Model School at Kulathupuzha.
When a complaint was raised, instead of probing the corruption involved in it, an inquiry was ordered against the complainant, they said.
While 80,500 tribal families wait for title deeds under the Forest Rights Act, the Government is blocking the project citing lack of fund and staff, they said.
The LDF Government also stopped conducting the youth festival of tribal students, they said. A request for information on the surrender statement furnished by the SC/ST Development Director was turned down by the State Information Officer, they said. The AMS office-bearers alleged that the LDF Government had not included any new project for tribals in the State Budget after it came to power.
The demand for providing medical identity card for tribals was rejected citing the heavy costs involved in it. The Government has not initiated any steps to construct a permanent building for the Post-Matric Hostel in the capital.
The CBSE school at Njaraneeli has not been completed. They said that the Union Government had sanctioned Rs 25 lakh to improve the quality of education of the students. But, this fund was diverted for erecting fencing at the Model School at Kulathupuzha.
When a complaint was raised, instead of probing the corruption involved in it, an inquiry was ordered against the complainant, they said.
While 80,500 tribal families wait for title deeds under the Forest Rights Act, the Government is blocking the project citing lack of fund and staff, they said.
Source: Express News Service
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