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District Collector Sumit Kumar connected Saturday (March 7) directed officials to code the problems faced by SC and ST communities with utmost value and guarantee timely solutions.
He was addressing the District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee (DVMC) gathering held astatine the Collectorate present to reappraisal the implementation of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Chittoor MP D. Prasada Rao, Superintendent of Police Tushar Dudi, and elder officials from assorted authorities departments were present. Mr. Sumit Kumar said reappraisal meetings would beryllium conducted erstwhile each 3 months and directed each departments to be with elaborate reports connected the issues raised and the enactment taken.
The Committee members raised respective concerns related to SC and ST welfare, including the request to organise aesculapian camps successful tribal colonies, guarantee Aadhaar enrolment for each tribals, supply much loans to SC/ST beneficiaries done corporations and amended infrastructure successful payment hostels and residential schools. They further sought accusation connected motortruck allotments to SC communities successful LPG bottling plants and demanded lodging facilities, employment enactment for unemployed younker preparing for competitory examinations and improved amenities successful tribal schools.
The Collector said that compensation amounting to astir ₹62 lakh was pending for victims successful the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act cases registered betwixt September 1, 2025 and March 5, 2026, and proposals person already been sent to the government.
He besides announced support for a monthly honorarium of ₹10,000 for DVMC members from April 1.
