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Senior advocate V Nandakumar has been entrusted to provide legal assistance to the family of slain tribal youth Madhu, according to Robert Kuriakose who looks after the philanthropic activities of actor Mammootty.
The biggest lesson from Attappady's continuing miseries should be that there's no quick fix.
Amid all the stories of gloom and despair coming out of Kerala's major tribal zone, Attappady, there are a few stories of hope and confidence.
Over the past four decades, the Vattulukki Girijan Cooperative Farming Society has turned out to be nothing but a loss-making venture which offers no hope for the remaining members.
S Vellinkiri of Seenkuzhi tribal settlement in Coimbatore bordering Kerala's Attappady believes in self-reliance.
Forty years after it was established as a measure to uplift the life of the tribal population of Kerala's Attappady, Vattulukki Girijan Cooperative Farming Society has become the epitome of utter mismanagement and negligence.
Lack of proper housing, like poor health, is a major issue in all the three village panchayats in the Attappady region.
Aralikkonam, which falls in the Puthur panchayat, is one of the 192 tribal hamlets (ooru) of Attappady. The anganwadi building was constructed in the area in 2003. It has been lying unused for five years.
Experts and observers point out that malnourishment continues to be at the centre of Attappady's health crisis.
With the State's about 2,000 PG medicos striking work, other doctors in medical college hospitals have been unable to meet the demand.