Kumram Bheem Asifabad: For 25 years, public transport has remained a mirage due to various for the Adivasis or ethnic tribes living in the Mangi gram panchayat, made up of 30 hamlets. However, their dream was fulfilled by the police, who repaired a 3 kilometer long road between Mangi and Manikyapur with the help of local tractor owners.

The hapless residents of the interior but hilly Mangi region lost the public transport system due to heavy rains that hit the rocky stretch and barred the Maoists, who made the region their stronghold, in 1995. As a result, , they have been forced to travel around 25 kilometers or rely on private carriers to find bus service from Tiryani Mandal’s headquarters for more than two decades. They had invariably struggled to reach the outside world for various needs during the period.

Cut off from the present, gullible ethnic tribes can now easily reach Mandal’s headquarters not only to shop for groceries, but also to take their family members to a primary health facility in the event of a medical emergency. The credit goes to the intervention and the particular interest of the sub-inspector Tiryani Pushpala Rama Rao who is dedicated to meeting the challenges of the tribals of this inner mandal of the district.

Rama Rao, who is known to have organized many community outreach programs, has been particularly concerned with alleviating the plight of the Adivasis by learning of the ordeal of the tribes living in Mangi and neighboring dwellings recently. He called on the owners of 15 tractors and one JCB machine to help restore the road. Police, owners and residents managed to repair the stretch in three days.

“We have achieved the mission of making Adivasis’ long cherished dream come true by enlisting the help of tractor owners and locals. Up to 1,050 cubic meters of gravel was used to form the road. Residents of the Mangi region have extended their cooperation to repair the facility. Then we contacted the authorities of the Telangana Road Transport Corporation to examine the feasibility of resuming the bus service to the remote part, ”said Rama Rao. Telangana today.

The state-owned company on Monday conducted a test of the service at the Tiryani Mandal center in Mangi and agreed to run buses with the advent of the improved road network. On Thursday, Police Superintendent (Administration) YVS Sudheendra officially visited the facility, cheering not only Mangi tribals but also residents of remote areas of Manikyapur, Gundala, Kowtagaon, Mulkalamanda, gram panchayats.

Speaking on the occasion, Sudheendra praised Rama Rao and his team for taking up the challenge of ethnic tribes. He said that Rama Rao is going the extra mile and setting an example for his counterparts in serving the community. He added that the police department will always be at the forefront in giving full support to the tribals and transforming their lives.

Residents of Mangi delighted with resumption of bus services

The very first sight of the Telangana Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) bus emerging from these winding but dangerous ghats brought joy to the ethnic tribes or Adivasis living in the remote hamlets of Hostelguda, Patelguda, Bheempur, Bandarghat, Asunur, Rajguda , Kolamguda, under Mangi gram panchayat. The bus service resumed, following the rehabilitation of a road, Thursday.

The inhabitants, who had been demanding the resumption of service for 26 years, were delighted to find service in their hamlets. “The occasion was nothing less than a festival for the inhabitants of over 30 hamlets under this remote gram panchayat. The tribes have aspired to settle since 1995. It is a moment of dream come true for them. We will be indebted to Tiryani police and those who reached out to solve our problem, ”Sidam Achyut Rao, Patel or Mangi chief told“ Telangana Today ”.

As part of the community policing, Tiryani police came forward to restore a 3-kilometer-long Ghat road and helped the Adivasis living in around 30 hamlets to gain access to the public transport system. Tiryani’s sub-inspector, P Rama Rao, was the driving force behind the initiative which applauded the tribes. ASP Sudheendra officially inaugurated the bus service from the Tiryani Mandal center to Mangi on Thursday.

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