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The Hindu
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T. Appala NaiduRAMPACHODAVARAM (EAST GODAVARI)

Tribals fear getting more distanced from governance

The Koyas of Chintoor agency will probably be the only tribe in the country which will have to travel over 500 km to visit their proposed new district headquarters Paderu.

It means around 10 hours of journey to go and come back by road, crossing the hilly terrains and forest swathes that are thriving with the Left Wing Extremist activities. Even this journey is not allowed after nightfall through the Naxal-hit forest cover.

Similar will be the case of the Rampa agency's Konda Reddy tribe, Andhra’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. The State government has issued a notification to create a new district, Alluri Sitharama Raju district, with headquarters at Paderu, consisting of Chintoor and Rampachodavaram Revenue divisions in East Godavari district and Paderu division in Visakhapatnam district.

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