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Kakinada Jana Sena Party Member of Parliament (MP) Tangella Uday Srinivas has sought the involution of Union Tribal Welfare Minister Jual Oram to found an Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) to beryllium headquartered astatine Pedda Mallapuram successful Prathipadu Assembly constituency, covering 59 tribal villages with 18,440 colonisation successful the Mandals of Sankavaram, Prathipadu, Rowthulapudi, Yeleswaram and Kotananduru successful Kakinada district.
The radical of 59 tribal villages person been waging a conflict to state their villages arsenic the 5th Schedule (Constitution of India) country to assertion their entitlements.
In a missive written to Mr. Jual Oram connected October 1, 2025, Mr. Uday Srinivas has appealed, “The 59 tribal villages are successful request of organization enactment for their social- and economical development. The lack of the ITDA deprives them of entree to payment funds, infrastructure and livelihood opportunities.”
In September 2025, Kakinada District Collector S. Shan Mohan has recommended to the Andhra Pradesh State Government to acceptable up the ITDA astatine Pedda Mallapuram.
