IAP: developing connectivity for curbing Maoist?
“We will not allow the administration to spend IAP fund to construct the road to our village, if our demands are not fulfilled. We have two demands, the first is – allocate fund for drinking water, health, education and irrigation and second is spend not less than 60 lakh for the construction of the road as promised earlier” say the villagers of Pathdarha and Kathphar of Boden block in Nuapada district, Orissa.. These villages are located on a plateau at 3000 ft. altitude considered to be ‘infested’ by Nuxals. There are 21 small hamlets with a total of more than 2000 tribal households in these two villages. As there is no road, the villagers have to track down the hills to fetch rice and other requirements. “The administration had promised us to spend Rs.60 lakh for the construction of road but only 25 lakh has been allocated. The district administration is biased in distributing this fund. They say that the fund is for Nuxal area development but maximum amount have been allocated to ...