Orissa: Dongria Kondhas give memorandum to District Collector demanding Industry

?Provide electricity, water and roads, give industry and development to the adivashi?, this was one of the slogans of more than 400 tribal Dongria Kondhas living at the foothills of the Niyamgiri hills who gathered at Bhawanipatna to give a memorandum to the District Collector of Kalahandi, Orissa demanding industrialization and development.

In the memorandum, the tribal people demanded development, health, education for their children which industrialization will bring with it. To give the memorandum to the District Collector, the Dongria Kondhas had arranged a rally of more than 400 people from Town Hall to the office of the District Collector at Bhawanipatna.

Speaking on the occasion, Dhan Majhi, President of Niyamgiri Adivasi Vikash Parisad, said, ?Our children also need educated, they need good health and life style. For this industrialization is necessary in our area.?