The Kerala State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has called upon the government to control the working of organisations, particularly non-governmental organisations (NGOs), among the tribespeople in the State.
Commission member S. Ajayakumar said at Ottapalam near here on Sunday that NGOs should be restrained if exploitation of tribal sectors had to be stopped. He demanded a comprehensive investigation into the activities of the NGOs that function in the tribal belts with government funding.
He alleged that several NGOs were engaged in fraudulent work. “We are going to request the State and the Central governments for an investigation,” he said.
