Kothagudem police working for adivasis welfare and development: OSD Narender
Kothagudem district police organised an outreach programme in Cherla mandal villages bordering Chhattisgarh, engaging with 250 adivasi families from six Maoist-affected villages. Senior police officials, along with CRPF officers, distributed essential commodities provided by Nestlé India.
Kothagudem: The district police organised on Saturday an outreach programme for adivasis of Bakkachinthalapadu, Kishtarampadu, Veerapuram, Rallapuram, Thimmirigudem, Kamalapuram in Cherla mandal bordering Chhattisgarh.
Additional SP (Operations) G Narender, Bhadrachalam ASP Vikrant Kumar Singh, CRPF 141Bn Assistant Commandant Vivek Ranjan, Cherla CI Raju Verma, SI Narsi Reddy, Kesava along with other police officers and staff interacted with 250 families of the six Maoist-affected villages.
The villagers were provided with essential commodities with the help of Nestle Company. Speaking on the occasion, the OSD Narender said that the police department under the leadership of the SP, B Rohith Raju is always available to the people in agency areas.
The police are working to provide minimum facilities like education, medical care and transportation to the tribals living in Maoist-affected areas. The adivasis should keep their surroundings clean to prevent the spread of dengue and malaria caused by mosquitoes, he suggested.
Adivasis should not cooperate with the Maoists who have become an obstacle to development. Strict legal action will be taken against those who directly or indirectly cooperate with the Maoists, he warned. The OSD thanked Nestle Company for providing essential commodities.
