Margao: Just like one thought that their misery decreases after the efforts of the State and Community to mainstream them, the Tribes of Makadmare (Wanarmares) in Nirankal, Ponda, is now staring at the prospect of the water crisis.
The reason: two water tanks were installed by PWD near their settlement five years ago about the administrative instruction of the South Goa District now lying down.
Without other settings for the supply of water guaranteed, the 100-strange house will soon overlook the tribulation of water.
Five years ago, after The Makadmare in Nirankal was destroyed by a group of angry locals, the administration of the South Government District and the police engines had swung in action to provide assistance and security to Adivasis.
Street lights are installed to illuminate the area, and two water tanks are established on the site to provide drinking water.
PWD is entrusted with the task of refilling the tank regularly.
“The installation of water tanks has saved women tribal tribal walking miles into a dense forest to take water from the spring.
The government must immediately step to replace them new or take immediate steps to provide alternative arrangements for drinking water,” Sachin Tendulkar, Agro-researchers and social workers, who endlessly take the cause of Makadmare for years, told toi.
All houses of Makadmare’s completion have been completed with a photovoltaic (PV) solar lighting system (PV) by the Goa Energy Development Agency (Peda under the electrification program of remote villages.
The development came almost a year after the Human Rights Commission (GHRC), took Suo Motu recognition of the article Toi ‘for Makadmare tribes, roofs and electricity remains a distant dream’ (June 15, 2020), has called a report from the director of Tribal Welfare and Electrical Engineer Chair from the Electricity Department.
Previous in 2016, efforts by district administration and several social workers help Makadmare obtain a ration card and aadhar number.
while their bank account is opened under the Jan Dhan scheme, their children are registered in elementary school for the first time.
They chose for the first time the 2017 state assembly election after the enthusiasm by social workers to make him be given rights to The desired results.
Hitherto, with the absence of the docum en which is valid to establish their identity – birth certificate, ration card, voter identity card, etc.
– they are deprived of all the welfare schemes intended for those who are underprivileged.
After the 2016 incident where the locals destroyed their huts, the South Cere Collector Swapnil rose had revealed the district administrative plan to prepare a comprehensive plan for the rehabilitation of tribes living in the district.
He has even directed Mamlatdar from all Talukas in the district to identify all the tribal residence bags in the government or the land of Comunidade.
“Apart from Makadmares, there are several other tribes living in various parts of South Goa in residences that are illegally built on the government, comunidade or forest land for the past years.
We will develop a comprehensive plan for rehabilitation of all the tribes of homeless and hand it over To the State Government Social Welfare Department to overcome the scheme for their rehabilitation, “said then to Ti.
With a transfer ride immediately after the incident, the plan seems to have been based.