KAAC delegation presenting Karbi totem (Jambili Athon) to
the union minister of Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram, in New Delhi on Thursday. (EM Images)
- DIPHU — A
delegation led by the chief executive member (CEM) of Karbi Anglong Autonomous
Council (KAAC), Tuliram Ronghang, along with MP Amarsing Tisso; MLA Dorsing
Ronghang and executive member KAAC including Lunsing Teron, Ritesh Enghi and
Prabhat Chandra Taro, met the Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram, on
Thursday and submitted a memorandum requesting for allocation of funds under
Article 275 (1) for hill tribes.
- Ronghang made important suggestions to the Union Minister of
Tribal Affairs for the creation of a separate executive committee (EC) for hill
districts with the senior-most secretary of the Hills Area Department as
chairman and the principal secretaries of KAAC and Dima Hasao Autonomous
Council as member secretaries.
- The executive committee would decide the implementing agency
for each district. At the district level, the secretary in-charge of Rural
Development along with the concerned district council would serve as the
chairman with head of departments under the district councils as members.
- The changes would ensure a fair and dedicated allocation of
funds for the development of the hill areas, the CEM expressed.
- The delegation looks forward to a positive response and
swift action to benefit the tribal communities of the two hill districts
through the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
