Dalit leaders urge reopening of welfare hostels, seek job training for students

In the backdrop of the occupation calendar released by the State authorities to capable up astir 10,000 jobs successful assorted departments, leaders of assorted Dalit organisations person urged the A.P. State Commission for Scheduled Castes subordinate Ravada Seetaram to petition the authorities to reopen each Social Welfare Hostels and supply grooming for Scheduled Castes students preparing for competitory examinations.

On Tuesday leaders specified arsenic Kalllepalli Rajagopala Rao, Kantha Venu, D.Ganesh, Gokarla Narayana Rao and others submitted their representations to Mr. Seetaram who held a gathering with officials successful regards to onshore issues, lack of burial grounds, deficiency of civic amenities for the colonies constructed for Scheduled Castes. Mr. Seetaram said: "People belonging to 50 sub-castes were starring pathetic lives successful the lack of livelihood opportunities successful Srikakulam and different places.." He assured the leaders that helium would petition the authorities to instrumentality steps for the betterment of socio-economic conditions of Dalits successful the territory arsenic good arsenic different parts of the State.