Birsa Munda’s birthplace gets new roads, schools, but for most tribal villages in Jharkhand the wait continues
The birthplace of Adivasi icon Birsa Munda, Ulihatu – a village in the Khunti Lok Sabha constituency of Jharkhand – the development in recent years is visible. Freshly tarred roads, new schools and water tanks are among the examples. In addition to the new infrastructure, visits by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who launched the Rs 24,000 crore Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) Development Mission from here, as well as by President Droupadi Murmu have raised the village’s profile. As part of its outreach efforts in the tribal-dominated state, the BJP Central government also christened Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary on November 15 as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’.