Chopper amazes Adivasis

    Adivasis thronged to take a close view of helicopter  

The sight of a helicopter, probably, for the first time, amazed the Adivasis of interior Jodeghat in Adilabad district.

Ahead of the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s visit to the village, a helicopter flew in from Hyderabad which made several founds in the air before landing at Adivasi hamlet and it cheered the Adivaisi of Jodeghat and surrounding places.The Chief minister will visit Jodeghat to pay tributes to the Adivasi legendary Komaram Bheem on his 74^th death anniversary slated for October8.

“It is for the first time that I have seen a helicopter so close. I could not see the landing and take off properly as a lot of dust rose at that time”, said Pendore Bheem Bai, 52, of Jodeghat.

On learning that a helicopter would fly to their hamlet, a large numbers of   villagers of Jodeghat and its surrounding helmets thronged the place to see the aircraft, many of them, for the first time.

Children, who have been enjoying their Dasara holidays, also displayed enthusiasm to watch the helicopter. They climbed atop buildings and tree to have a clean view.

“I saw a helicopter hovering in the air during general elections bit it did not land near our village. Now, the helicopter did land and so I could see it clearly”, said Pendore Keshorao of Jodeghat village.         

The Adivasis feared to go near the chopper singly but in groups, they went near the aircraft to have a close look.

Some Adivasis viewed the landing of the chopper as a sign of changing times and development. But they could not clearly point out the type of progress they wanted to witness. Minister for forest and environment Jogu Ramanna and district MLAs also inspected the arrangements at Jodeghat and also inspected the helipad.

Minister said the state government was committed to the development and welfare of the Adivasis unlike previous governments headed by the Seemandhra rulers.         

The previous governments deliberately neglected observing Komaram Bheem’s death anniversary, he said, the TRS government is committed to the  protecting the rights of the Adivasis, he added.