Reiterating that Chandrababu Naidu government has been neglecting the tribals, YSR Congress has decided to would take up some of the measures from the Party MP funds as the recent two-day agency tour of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has thrown light on many issues. The party has directed its lone Rajya Sabha member V Vijayasai Reddy to spare his constituency development funds towards improving basic needs of tribal population in the state.

It may be recalled that last week, party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has extensively toured in East Godavari tribal areas for two days and conducted reviews with tribal population on their pathetic living conditions.

After the review meeting, he strongly deplores the sheer negligence of the TDP government towards tribals.

In this regard, Jagan Mohan Reddy has instructed the district party leaders that the Party would build toilets in the government junior college Chinturu and at Rampachodavaram with the funds of Rajya Sabha member Vijayasai Reddy.

East Godavari district president Kanna Babu deplores that the apathy being shown by TDP government towards tribals has been pathetic and the condition of government hostels, colleges and primary health centres are in total disarray.

Brian fever and other ailments have been very rampant in the agency area but no action was taken so far. For the past four months 200 people were admitted to government hospital due to viral fever and 14 kids were dead while the infant mortality and post-natal death rate has been on the rise, he added.

Yet, the former MLA deplored that the state has not been taking any remedial steps. The level of contamination in the water has been very high and we have sent the samples which confirmed the fact but nothing has been forthcoming from the government side, he said and demanded that all steps should be taken for tribal welfare.