Congress launches awareness drive in 40 tribal villages of Dang

On July 31, the cardinal authorities had issued a draught notification marking 64 villages, spanning 449 quadrate kilometers, successful South Gujarat arsenic economically delicate zones. According to the notification, 40 villages successful Dang, 5 successful Navsari and 19 successful Tapi territory person been marked arsenic ESZ.

Sources, meanwhile, said owed to strained relations betwixt Gavit and authorities assembly whip-cum-MLA Vijay Patel, the erstwhile has been sidelined. “By taking up the ESA issue, Gavit wants to enactment himself successful the governmental arena,” said the sources. Vijay Patel, however, said: “The villages enactment nether ESA volition not beryllium affected. We volition besides clasp a gathering with Mangal Gavit to marque him recognize the same”.

Remarking connected the consciousness run by Congress , Patel added: “A run should beryllium carried retired to marque radical much alert astir this project.”

Dang Congress president Mukesh Patel on with MLA Anant Patel met Dunda colony residents connected Sunday and connected Tuesday they met with Bandhpada colony residents during their consciousness campaign. MLA Anant Patel said, “The draught notification does not see what benefits the tribals volition get.”

Congress person Mukesh Patel said, “We are reaching retired to villagers to instrumentality their feedback. In the adjacent fewer days we volition screen each 40 villages and aboriginal we volition instrumentality retired a immense rally successful Dang…”