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ADILABAD: As a result of the apathy of State government and the authorities concerned, Kolam tribals are suffering a lot, owing to the unavailability of nutritious food. Not just that their life expectancy has gone down to an average of 55 years, most tribals, who are in their 40s, have started looking like elderly persons.
According to sources, most areas where the Kolam tribals live are disconnected from the “outer world” with no proper road connectivity. As a result, they are not able to visit hospitals for deliveries or any kind of diseases. Apart from this, they have also been struggling to get pure and safe drinking water.
Private ambulances are collecting between Rs 3,000 and Rs 3,500 to shift Covid-19 patients to the graveyard in the town, as government ambulances are out of order.
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ADILABAD: Mukra (k) has become the first gram panchayat in Telangana to achieve the open defecation free (ODF) title. But this came after more than 365 days of rigorous strategising, legwork and a bit of toughness. The brain behind this is the Sarpanch, Gadge Meenakshi, who assumed charge on February 2, 2019. Speaking to Express, she said it took them over a year to turn Mukra (k) cent percent ODF the village bagged the title on July 22, 2020. But none of this would have been possible without the cooperation of the residents.
A waste recycling system in Mukra
There was a time when only 20 houses in the gram panchayat had bathrooms and toilets. But this number shot up to 160 after Meenakshi became the Sarpanch. Apart from motivating the villagers to cultivate good habits, she constituted a 99-member team comprising men, women, and youngsters to create awareness about the importance of having a toilet in houses. They reported to a nine-member team, includi