US-based NGO provides plate making unit for tribals in Asifabad

ASP Sudhdeendra, who was instrumental in setting up of the unit, urged tribals to achieve economic empowerment with self employment

Kumram Bheem-Asifabad: Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) YVS Sudhdeendra urged the tribals to achieve economic empowerment by taking a cue from members of self-help groups (SHGs).

He was speaking after formally inaugurated ‘Kumram Suru Vistarakula Sangham,’ a natural leaf plate manufacturing unit at Dantanpalli hamlet under Ullipitta Gram Panchayat in Tiryani mandal on Tuesday.

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This is the second such unit sponsored by Chirag Foundation, a USA-based voluntary organisation in association with Saaketh Aluri, an NRI, under the aegis of the police department. A similar unit was set up by the foundation at Gundala village in Tiryani mandal in July. Plates are made using leaves of Palash or the flame of the forest (Butea monosperma).

Sudheendra said that the police came forward to establish the unit with the help of the USA’s non-profit-making organisation to provide a livelihood to tribals and help them achieve financial empowerment. He advised other tribals to draw inspiration from 20 women who were involved in making the eco-friendly plates and to create jobs on their own.

The ASP further said the unit would offer livelihood to women belonging to Kolam, a particularly vulnerable tribal group of not only Danthanpalli, Pangidi, Buggaguda, Jendaguda, Govarguda, Chopodi and Koudammevad villages. He was all praise for Tiryani Sub-Inspector P Rama Rao for playing a vital role in the establishment of the unit for the sake of the tribals.

Ullipitta Sarpanch Athra Pandu and women of the Kolam tribe expressed gratitude to Chirag Foundation for sponsoring the unit. They thanked SI Rama Rao for being the driving force in establishing the facility. They said that Tiryani police were going an extra mile by organising a slew of community outreach programmes, besides protecting law and order.

Asifabad DSP R Srinivas, Chirag Foundation’s representative Purushottam, Rebbena Inspector Satheesh Kumar, Tiryani Sub-Inspector P Rama Rao, Tiryani Mandal Parishad President Marsakola Sridevi, ZPTC member Athram Chandrasekhar and many others were present.

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