The APWD was given Rs 16 crore for construction of sluice gates in tsunami-inundated land. However, the work remains incomplete till date.
The National Human Rights commission (NHRC) has directed the collector from Andaman Administration to explain the misappropriation of funds earmarked for the relief and rehabilitation of Jarawa Tribes within six weeks.
The order comes after a plea for compensation to a victim under the provisions of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes.
According to the petition filed by advocate Radhakantha Tripathy, the money — running into crores of rupees — that was allocated for relief and rehabilitation in the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami has been siphoned off. The embezzlement came to light, in a matter of victim's compensation that was to be disbursed.
The APWD was given Rs 16 crore for construction of sluice gates in tsunami-inundated land. However, the work remains incomplete till date.
The nomadic tribe – numbering all of 400, live in the Andaman Island archipelago. So far, Indian laws protect them from the outside world and hence, they culture and tradition still remains primitive. Hence, in March 2016 the murder of a five-month-old infant in South Andaman perplexed officials and triggered a debate on the rule of law among the worlds' most primitive tribes.
The infant was allegedly murdered because it was fair-skinned – born in a dar-skinned tribe. It was assumed that the child was fair-skinned because it was fathered outside the community and killed in accordance to their local custom.
The case was unique, because for the first time in the tribe's history, a Jarawa tribesman was named as a suspect in a crime. However, consequent investigation revealed that the infant was murdered by non-Jarawans – two Bangladeshi's, part of the large refugee community on the island.
One was accused of getting the alleged Jarawa murderer drunk before inciting him to kill the baby; while the other was allegedly the baby's father, who would've faced retribution from both the communities, if this fact came out in the open.
The two, were arrested, whereas the Jarawa tribeman roams free.
In his petition, Tripathy has alleged that human rights of the 400-strong community is being violated on account of sexual abuse, human safaris and introduction of drugs and alcohol.
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