A delegation of YSR Congress Celebration (YSRCP) leaders, led by Araku MP Dr. Tanuja Rani, met with Nationwide Scheduled Tribes Fee Chairman Antar Singh Arya in New Delhi on Monday to demand strict motion within the aftermath of the Kurupam tragedy, which claimed the lives of two tribals. schoolgirls.
The delegation held the Andhra Pradesh authorities totally accountable, and alleged that negligence and lack of fundamental services induced an increase of Hepatitis-A an infection among the many tribal college students.
Talking to the media, MP Dr. Tanuja Rani condemned the federal government for failing to evaluate the scenario or go to the victims. She accused Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of blaming the scholars’ private hygiene as an alternative of taking accountability. “That is extraordinarily painful and shameful,” she mentioned.
Former deputy chief minister Pamula Pushpa Srivani described the tragedy on account of long-term neglect of tribal welfare faculties, and highlighted the malfunctioning of RO water crops and lack of sanitation. She introduced that the YSRCP, beneath YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s management, would offer ₹5 lakh monetary help to the households of every of the deceased woman’s.
Pedika Rajanna Dora emphasised that the deaths had been solely as a consequence of authorities negligence and known as the blame-shifting by officers “inhuman.” The delegation urged the ST Fee to take strict motion towards these accountable and guarantee a good investigation.
The Fee reportedly assured the YSRCP that an inquiry could be performed and that acceptable motion could be taken towards these discovered accountable.
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