Vadodara to get Rs 18 crore for tribal welfare

He informed the members that the district would get around Rs 18 crore for developmental activities in the tribal areas. He also presented 20 tribal girls with cheques of Rs 10,000 cheques for their respective self-employment projects after they had completed training at the Women Training Institute run by Tribal Development Project, Chhotaudepur recently. Singh also lauded the role of the project officials for their several developmental activities.

Project Administrator T L Chauhan, MLAs Sukhram Rathwa, Dhirubhai Bhil, Babarbhai Tadavi also spoke on the occasion. Singh while talking about the several State government schemes said that elaborate plans for proper rehabilitation of tribal convicts was also being currently prepared. There were about 350 tribals convicts in the district, he said.

In another meeting chaired by Singh, the member of the District co-ordination committee reviewed different developmental activities and promised that all the sanctioned works would be completed during the next six months. Several other issues pertaining to drinking water, sewerage lines and civic amenities in the rural parts of the district were also discussed during the meeting, an official release said.