Poverty-stricken nomadic families in the district, who were deprived of the government’s welfare schemes for decades due to not possessing any government-issued identity card (birth certificate, Aadhaar, voter card), were beaming with joy after the district administration intervened to solve their plight.
Collector Arun Babu, after visiting the dwellings of the nomadic families in the district, said that there were 74 members of the community living in Kottacheruvu mandal of Puttaparthi revenue division in Sri Sathya Sai (SSS) district.
It is observed that they migrated here decades ago from Chilamathur division and other parts of Karnataka, and were living near the mandal headquarters. They keep going to the villages and eke out a livelihood through their traditional occupation. They were unable to get Aadhaar cards and birth certificates as they did not have a fixed abode. Due to the lack of an Aadhaar card, they could not receive welfare benefits from the government.
