Police distribute over 2500 water filters to Adivasis in Kothagudem

Kothagudem: The district police have taken up an outreach programme aimed at the welfare of the Adivasis living in the Maoist-affected habitations in the district.

To ensure safe drinking water for the tribals in remotely located agency villages, the police have distributed over 2500 terafil water filters in several mandals during the past two months.

The Superintendent of Police Sunil Dutt has on Friday informed that the water filters would help to protect Adivasis from water-borne diseases. The district police have taken up different activities for the wellbeing and upliftment of the tribals as part of community policing.

Besides the water filters, police have also distributed as many as 66 television sets along with DTH cable TV set top boxes to Guthikoyas living in Charla, Dummugudem, Gundala, Allapalli, Karakagudem, Edulla Bayyaram, Tekulapalli and other mandals.

He said that the district police would always be in the forefront to identify and resolve the issues affecting the villagers and provide them with all kinds of facilities. Adivasi youth were being advised to educate themselves and settle in good jobs.

Police officials serving in the agency villages were regularly visiting the villages and were trying to address their problems. Activities like sports training and competitions were also being organised by the SIs, CIs, DSPs and ACPs in their respective areas, Dutt explained.

He hoped that Adivasis, especially the youth, in Maoist-affected areas will not join the Maoists. “We have observed that the Maoists have lost the support of the tribals in the agency areas in the district,” he noted.