HYDERABAD: After wading by means of a stream in spate, climbing hills, and trekking 16km for over 5 hours, Allem Appaiah, district medical and well being officer (DMHO) of Mulugu in Telangana, reached a distant hamlet in Wajedu mandal to ship medicines, mosquito nets, and provisions to 11 tribal households.
The rationale Appaiah undertook the arduous journey was not simply to ship necessities to the Guthi Koya tribe households, but in addition to request them to shift to plains, he mentioned.
In a bid to know their residing situations and day-to-day travails, Appaiah slept within the thanda in Penugolu village in a single day on July 16. “It’s hazardous for the households to dwell there. Will probably be extraordinarily tough to offer them medical services if there’s an emergency on this monsoon season,” Appaiah advised TOI. The thanda (settlement smaller than a village) is residence to 39 folks, together with youngsters beneath two years, preferring to remain there.
On the request of the district administration, out of the 151 households residing within the village, 140 households shifted to the plains over time. The 11 remaining households, nonetheless, indicated that in the event that they got homes near the highway and land to domesticate, they might take into account the provide to shift.
Appaiah mentioned by going to the place himself, he understood the difficulties well being assistant Chinna Venkatesh, who goes there to ship medicines, faces. On July 16, Appaiah set out from Mulugu and reached Wajedu. From there, he started the 16km trek. When TOI tried to contact him on July 16 evening, his cellular was not accessible. “That’s as a result of it’s tough to even get a cellular sign there. It’s thus that I requested the Guthi Koya households to shift to the plains, however they don’t appear ,” he mentioned.
To achieve the thanda, Appaiah crossed Kanchera vagu (stream) at three locations. This stream joins the Bhogatha waterfalls. Appaiah crossed three hills on the trek. He was accompanied by six others, together with his employees.
Damodar Raja Narasimha, state well being minister, appreciated the efforts made by the DMHO and his staff to achieve out to the tribal households.
The rationale Appaiah undertook the arduous journey was not simply to ship necessities to the Guthi Koya tribe households, but in addition to request them to shift to plains, he mentioned.
In a bid to know their residing situations and day-to-day travails, Appaiah slept within the thanda in Penugolu village in a single day on July 16. “It’s hazardous for the households to dwell there. Will probably be extraordinarily tough to offer them medical services if there’s an emergency on this monsoon season,” Appaiah advised TOI. The thanda (settlement smaller than a village) is residence to 39 folks, together with youngsters beneath two years, preferring to remain there.
On the request of the district administration, out of the 151 households residing within the village, 140 households shifted to the plains over time. The 11 remaining households, nonetheless, indicated that in the event that they got homes near the highway and land to domesticate, they might take into account the provide to shift.
Appaiah mentioned by going to the place himself, he understood the difficulties well being assistant Chinna Venkatesh, who goes there to ship medicines, faces. On July 16, Appaiah set out from Mulugu and reached Wajedu. From there, he started the 16km trek. When TOI tried to contact him on July 16 evening, his cellular was not accessible. “That’s as a result of it’s tough to even get a cellular sign there. It’s thus that I requested the Guthi Koya households to shift to the plains, however they don’t appear ,” he mentioned.
To achieve the thanda, Appaiah crossed Kanchera vagu (stream) at three locations. This stream joins the Bhogatha waterfalls. Appaiah crossed three hills on the trek. He was accompanied by six others, together with his employees.
Damodar Raja Narasimha, state well being minister, appreciated the efforts made by the DMHO and his staff to achieve out to the tribal households.
