Progress of tribals linked to country's development: Ram Nath Kovind President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday stressed on the need for the overall development of rural and forest dweller communities of the country while keeping their cultural heritage and identity intact. | 15 March 2021 3:16 AM GMT VARANASI: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday stressed on the need for the overall development of rural and forest dweller communities of the country while keeping their cultural heritage and identity intact. "It should be our endeavour that forest dwellers remain an integral part of the modern development process while keeping their cultural heritage and identity intact," the President in his address to the 'Vanwasi Sangam' at Chapki in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra on the occasion of inauguration of newly-constructed buildings of Seva Kunj Ashram.