Congress seeks emergency motion plan from Kerala govt to handle problems with Attappadi

By PTI

TRIVANDRUM: The opposition Congress on Thursday sought the rapid intervention of the Kerala authorities to make sure higher medical care and infrastructure services together with roads and bridges in Attappadi, one of many largest tribal settlements within the southern state.

Leader of Opposition within the state Assembly V D Satheesan despatched a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stressing the necessity for an emergency motion plan citing the current plight of a pregnant lady who needed to be carried in a material sling by her kin by means of forest paths as ambulance couldn’t attain the hamlet.

Local tv channels lately aired visuals of the hapless lady, who skilled labour ache within the wee hours and was carried to the ambulance by means of treacherous pathways in Kadukamanna hamlet by the members of the family, which triggered widespread debate.

In the letter, Satheesan stated as there was no transportation facility within the settlement, kin needed to carry her and stroll for 3 kilometers to achieve the ambulance.

Quoting the kin, he additionally alleged that although the household had sought the ambulance service quickly after she began experiencing labour ache, it reached the close by place solely after some hours.

Appropriate motion must be taken if there was any lapse from the aspect of officers in reference to the incident, he demanded.

“The opposition has pointed out in the Assembly and outside several times the neglect and insecurity being faced by the Attappadi tribal community, who need special attention and care from the government and general public,” he stated.

As many as 12,000 households are there in 192 settlements of Sholayar, Puthur and Agali panchayats of the tribal belt, he stated, including the authorities have did not utterly get rid of deaths of kids because of malnutrition within the area.

Though the federal government says that it’s spending crores of rupees in Attappadi, the fact is that the tribal group shouldn’t be getting any profit from it, the letter additional charged.

A replica of the letter was additionally despatched to Okay Radhakrishnan, Minister for the Welfare of Backward and Scheduled Communities.

TRIVANDRUM: The opposition Congress on Thursday sought the rapid intervention of the Kerala authorities to make sure higher medical care and infrastructure services together with roads and bridges in Attappadi, one of many largest tribal settlements within the southern state.

Leader of Opposition within the state Assembly V D Satheesan despatched a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stressing the necessity for an emergency motion plan citing the current plight of a pregnant lady who needed to be carried in a material sling by her kin by means of forest paths as ambulance couldn’t attain the hamlet.

Local tv channels lately aired visuals of the hapless lady, who skilled labour ache within the wee hours and was carried to the ambulance by means of treacherous pathways in Kadukamanna hamlet by the members of the family, which triggered widespread debate.

In the letter, Satheesan stated as there was no transportation facility within the settlement, kin needed to carry her and stroll for 3 kilometers to achieve the ambulance.

Quoting the kin, he additionally alleged that although the household had sought the ambulance service quickly after she began experiencing labour ache, it reached the close by place solely after some hours.

Appropriate motion must be taken if there was any lapse from the aspect of officers in reference to the incident, he demanded.

“The opposition has pointed out in the Assembly and outside several times the neglect and insecurity being faced by the Attappadi tribal community, who need special attention and care from the government and general public,” he stated.

As many as 12,000 households are there in 192 settlements of Sholayar, Puthur and Agali panchayats of the tribal belt, he stated, including the authorities have did not utterly get rid of deaths of kids because of malnutrition within the area.

Though the federal government says that it’s spending crores of rupees in Attappadi, the fact is that the tribal group shouldn’t be getting any profit from it, the letter additional charged.

A replica of the letter was additionally despatched to Okay Radhakrishnan, Minister for the Welfare of Backward and Scheduled Communities.