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District Collector A.S. Dinesh Kumar has called upon the tribal communities to widen their enactment towards eco-friendly tourism projects projected astatine Vanjangi, popularly known arsenic ‘Meghala Kondalu’ and besides the ‘Madagada’ presumption point, successful Alluri Sitharama Raju district. He assured that each developmental activities would beryllium carried retired successful a mode benefitting the tribal communities.
The ASR territory medication connected Wednesday organised a coordination gathering nether the chairmanship of the Collector to sermon the improvement of Vanjangi successful the Paderu Forest Division and the Madagada View Point successful the Araku Forest Division. The Collector held 2 abstracted meetings with the nationalist representatives, tribals and assemblage leaders from the villages of Vanjangi, Lagisapalli, and Kaderu panchayats successful Paderu mandal, and Madagada panchayat and Pakanaguda colony successful Araku mandal.
The 2 tourer spots – Vanjangi adjacent Paderu and Madgada adjacent Araku, person been drafting a ample fig of tourists from Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring States for the past fewer years. While the authorities plans to boost the tourer spots with amended amenities, determination are immoderate misconceptions astir the projected projects among the tribals, the Collector said.
During the meeting, Mr Dinesh Kumar interacted with the tribals and heard their opinions connected the projected tourism projects. He said that nether the supervision of the Forest Protection Committee, the medication would hole improvement plans successful coordination with the locals, forest, and gross departments.
“Since the projected tourism spots are located wrong the reserved wood areas, utmost precedence volition beryllium fixed to the section opinions and improvement works would beryllium carried retired without harming the environment. These tourism projects volition make economical opportunities and amended the surviving standards of section communities,” Mr Dinesh Kumar informed the tribals.
The territory medication volition organise a bid of meetings to person suggestions and volition enactment accordingly. The administration, with the enactment of ITDA Project, Forest, Revenue, and Panchayat Raj Departments, would measure the feasibility of establishing community-based eco-tourism initiatives. The Collector urged the tribals not to judge successful immoderate misinformation astir projects.
ITDA Project Officer – Paderu, T Pooja, DFO, P.V. Sandeep Reddy, sarpanches of Vanajangi, Lagisapalli, Kaderu, and Madagada panchayats and others attended the meeting.
