Mangalore, Jan 6: At the monthly SC/ST grievance meet held at the office of Superintendent of Police here on Sunday, a tribal activist grieved that the purpose of appointing Malekudiyas as Home Guards under the Naxal package was not fulfilled as the salaries of 15 recruited Malekudiyas were not being deposited regularly.
President of Adivasi Malekudiya Seva Trust, Neriya K T Sudhakar said that out of 21 Malekudiyas who had applied for the scheme under the Naxal package, 15 had been selected for the posts. However, their salaries arrive weeks late as police stations delay sending attendance sheets to the office of the Home Guards, he said.
The scheme seeks to provide financial assistance to tribals and forest dwellers under the Naxal Infested Area Development package.
He said that the recruited home guards were paid only Rs 150 per day, which was minimum wage, most of which went into expenses for bus travel from their remote villages in Belthangady to B C Road and other towns. When the salary doesn't come on time, they struggle to pay for essentials, he complained.
He urged the police to ensure that their term of employment was extended.
Additional Superintendent of Police T P Shivakumar assured him that they would take up the issue of extension of employment and other details of the package with the district administration.
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