Accusing the Tripura government of miserably failing in rural development, the opposition CPI(M) Thursday claimed that people, especially from tribal communities, are facing hunger and starvation in vast tracts of land in hilly terrains. The allegations were, however, brushed aside by Deputy Chief Minister and senior tribal leader Jishnu Debbarman.
Speaking to reporters here, Radhacharan Debbarma, the state secretariat member of the CPI(M), claimed that tribal people at East Govindabari village of Dhalai district, 110 Km from here, face a severe crisis of jobs due to the breakdown of unskilled labour under MGNREGA. It has caused a shortage of job, food and a tribal man has died due to starvation there, Radhacharan claimed.