Pallavi G., chairman of Karnataka scheduled caste and planned tribes of Nomadic Development Corporation, at the Audit Meeting in Kalaburagi on Tuesday. | Photo credit
You will seriously notice the lack of basic identification documents among members of the nomadic communities, the chairmen of the planned Karynataka and the planned tribes Nomadic Development Corporation Pallavi G. announced a special effort to gain access to documents such as Aadhaar, voter identity and rations.
“The state of nomad communities in the state is deeply concerned,” she said. “During my visits in various settlements, I noticed that many of them lack basic equipment. Worse, significant number does not have documents about identity,” she said on Tuesday in Kalaburagim in the Perspersons district in Kalaburagagi in the district.
“The absence of these vital and basic documents prevents them from approaching social security programs. To solve this, we will start a special drive where officials visit these settlements and facilitate the issue of identity documents on the spot,” she said.
When Mrs. Pallavi asked about the size of the population of SC and Stomád communities according to socio-economic and educational survey (census), she refused to express the and the target of the unavailability of the report.
Pallavi G., chairman of Karnataka scheduled caste and planned tribes of Nomadic Development Corporation, at the Audit Meeting in Kalaburagi on Tuesday. | Photo credit
“The finding of the survey has not yet been published and I am not aware of its content. According to the People census in 2011, the nomadic population is approximately 11 laches. However, the community leader claims that the number is much higher.
Mrs. Pallavi referred to her visit to the nomadic settlement of Budga Yangam Nomada community near Kusnoor Road in Kalaburagag and stated that she encountered a serious complaint about the local shop owners, which charges £ 100 for free rice from each family.
“It is inhuman abuse of poor families by charging money for rice to be distributed free of charge. This incident reflects a terrible situation in which these communities are,” she said. “I ordered the officials concerned to submit a case against the shop owner and first submit a message.”
Published – April 22, 2025 21:38
