Tributes paid to Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary at Hasanur

The commencement day of tribal rights activistic Birsa Munda was celebrated astatine the District Forest Office successful Hasanur connected Tuesday.

In honour of his legacy, November 15 is observed arsenic Janjatiya Gaurav Divas crossed India. At a relation organised by the Sathyamangalam-based Rights Education and Development Centre (READ), its manager R. Karuppasamy outlined the objectives of the event.

Yogesh Kumar Garg, Deputy Director of the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and District Forest Officer, Hasanur Division, who participated arsenic the peculiar guest, said that enactment would beryllium extended to tribal students pursuing higher acquisition and that accomplishment improvement grooming programmes would beryllium arranged for tribal youth. Cultural performances by tribal children added colour to the event.

The NGO has been implementing community-based initiatives implicit the past twelvemonth successful 9 villages — Ittarai, Thadasalatti and Kalithimbam successful Thalamalai panchayat, and Puduthotti, Gethesal, Mavallam, Devarnatham, Pudukadu and Sokkithotti successful Hasanur panchayat.

This year, Mavallam colony won the Best Village Development Committee Award, portion Kalithimbam received the Best Children’s Parliament Award. Sokkithotti and Thadasalatti secured the Best Adolescent Girls’ Group Award, Devarnatham and Gethesal, the Best Women’s Self-Help Group Award, and Thadasalatti, the Best Grocery Shop Award.

Various competitions were conducted and prizes were distributed to the winners. Children who performed connected signifier received peculiar gifts.