Mallannasagar to be completed at any cost
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T. Harish Rao
Irrigation projects will benefit farmers, says Harish Rao
Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao said that the
irrigation projects were aimed at benefiting the farmers and the
construction of Mallannasagar will be completed at any cost.
He has also clarified that the Government was not resorting to forcible purchase of land from the farmers.
Speaking
to reporters at Siddiept on Monday, Mr. Harish Rao said: “Farmers are
coming forward to sell their lands under G.O. 123 to the Government for
the construction of Mallannasagar. Farmers from as many as nine villages
gave their acceptance in this regard.” Criticising the Opposition, the
Minister alleged that the Congress party filed petition in the High
Court to divert the attention of farmers and mislead them. “The
Government is committed to protect the interests of land oustees. We
have already issued G.O. 190 which allows the Government to pay Rs.
3,000 for landless SC poor and Rs. 2,000 for other landless poor for 20
years. About Rs. 7.5 lakh would be offered to them as one-time
settlement if they come forward,” he said adding that the farmers would
lose heavily if they become tools in the hands of the Opposition.
District Credit Cooperative Bank Chairman Chitti Devender Reddy was also present.
Pattas distributed
Earlier
in the day, the Minister distributed pattas to 4,031 beneficiaries
whose houses were regularised under GO 59 at Siddipet town. He also
informed that Rs. 30 crore was released for drinking water at the new
wards of Siddipet.
Giving shape to Kolam artisans’ craft
Creativity unlimited:A bamboo helicopter made by Kolam adivasis on
display during the recent Giri Utsav-2016 at Utnoor in Adilabad
district.- Photo: S. Harpal Singh
Their exhibits at Giri Utsav were a revelation, but they badly need training in design development to improve their livelihood
Their creativity in making bamboo articles is inversely
proportional to their abject poverty and backwardness. Yet, the Kolam
Adivasis of Narnoor mandal in Adilabad district need training in design
development in their craft if they are to improve their livelihood.
A
stall set up at the recent Giri Utsav-2016 by some of the bamboo
artisans from this Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) from
Narnoor mandal came as a revelation so far as their creativity and
enthusiasm towards the craft was concerned. The Kolams of the remote
Naddumguda had on display a replica of Charminar and a helicopter which
were quite attractive.
“I have never seen a
helicopter,” revealed Athram Jalpat Rao when asked about his knowledge
of the design. “Like Jalpat, I too copied the design of Charminar from a
calendar,” added Madavi Ramu, disclosing severe handicap that they are
facing so far as design development is concerned.
“We
did conduct a couple of bamboo workshops at Kala Ashram for Kolam
artisans on behalf of the Utnoor Integrated Tribal Development Agency
(ITDA) until a decade ago,” recalled Kala Ratna awardee and Ashram
founder Guruji Ravinder Sharma, himself a sculptor. “There is more scope
for such activities provided the training programme is residential
giving ample time for the Kolams to learn the craft,” he opined.
There
are about 50 families in Naddumguda, Sungapur, Khadki, Paraswada and
Dubbaguda in Narnoor mandal who work with bamboo, according to Ramu.
“All these families will be ready to undergo training in design development,” he asserted.
“The
number of trainees need not be unwieldy,” cautioned Guruji. “We used to
train about 15 to 20 families at one go,” he added of his experience.
The
Kolams who were trained in earlier programmes could not benefit from
the effort owing to lack of exposure to markets. This is one aspect
which cannot be ignored.
ITDA Project Officer R.V.
Karnan was positive towards the idea of training the PVTG people in
design development and other aspects of it. “We will do something about
it,” he assured.
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