A minister overseeing handlooms, textiles and khadi visited isolated tribal settlements atop Alleri hillock in the Jawadhu Hills on Friday to review demands for essential services. Accompanied by the district collector and health officer, the minister met residents and examined local facilities including a school and ration shop operating from rented premises. Locals reported needs for roads, a health centre, borewells and steady electricity supply. The hillock includes three main tribal villages, with the inspected hamlet recently separated as its own panchayat and home to roughly 300 families. Officials outlined plans for an eight-kilometre bitumen road connecting two villages, five kilometres of which would cross a reserve forest, to serve eight hamlets. The five-metre-wide route would include 15 culverts and cost 17 crore rupees, with completion expected in six months. The minister also announced a new tribal health centre featuring two doctors, nurses, wards for snakebite cases, laboratory services and stocked pharmacies. Only two other tribal hamlets in the district currently have government health centres, both reachable by paved roads.
