Priyanka warns towards shifting Thirunelli Ashram faculty college students to Aralam

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Wayanad MP, has warned that makes an attempt to relocate the Paniya and Adiya tribal college students of Government Ashram High School, Thirunelli, to a mannequin residential faculty at Aralam in Kannur district will result in widespread dropouts.

In a letter to O.R. Kelu, Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, Ms. Vadra cautioned that no pupil needs to be shifted out of Thirunelli with out their consent. Numerous college students had been reported to have expressed their unwillingness to relocate from Thirunelli to Aralam.

The Thirunelli faculty, housing round 250 college students throughout Classes one to 10, is Wayanad’s sole residential establishment devoted completely to Paniya and Adiya tribal youngsters.

News of the college authorities cramming 120 ladies in three lecture rooms with just one bathroom, after their hostel was declared unsafe in July, sparked protests on Wednesday. Although the federal government had determined to relocate the youngsters to the newly constructed Model Residential School at Aralam, the switch transfer was delayed for months due to lack of energy provide.

Mr. Kelu, who hails from Thirunelli and was president of that panchayat for 2 phrases, on Thursday claimed that he was behind the relocation determination, however he sounded obscure about when will probably be carried out.

Asking Mr. Kelu to rethink his determination to maneuver the youngsters outdoors their district, Ms. Vadra demanded that the Scheduled Tribes Development division (STDD), beneath which the college features, shift the scholars to a “appropriate place inside Wayanad, and be sure that they’ve entry to high quality sports activities infrastructure.”

On Wednesday, quickly after the tribal ladies’ squalid dwelling circumstances had been uncovered, a workforce of officers of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) visited the college and examined the circumstances there. The workforce spoke to the scholars and employees, and is learnt to have reported to the upper authorities.

As an instantaneous response, 32 ladies from the college had been shifted to a mannequin residential faculty at Kaniyambetta, 37 km away, on Thursday. The district administration arrange 5 bio-toilets on the faculty.

The BJP and the Congress took out separate marches to Mr. Kelu’s workplace at Mananthavady, protesting towards the neglect.