'Tribals eating wild roots for want of food in Chhattisgarh'

People from an endangered tribe in Chhattisgarh are on the verge of starvation with one of them dying due to hunger, Congress alleged today seeking to expose the claims of the BJP government boasting one of the best PDS systems.
State PCC Chief Bhupesh Baghel said that Lamburam, a member of the highly protected tribe of Pahadi Korwa, died as he could not get food for four days at a Primary Health Centre in Sanna in Jashpur district. Lamburam had taken his wife Sukhni to the Centre for treatment of an eye ailment.
This was a "grave lapse" on the part of the state administration, Baghel said at the AICC briefing claiming that almost half of the impoverished tribals have no (no) ration cards despite the fact that they needed to be made available under the Food Security Act".

Baghel said that he has also approached the state governor to intervene in the matter urgently as the tribals have also been left out of facilities like Aadhar Card, smart card and labour card under MGNREGA through which they could get some benefits.
He alleged that the ruling BJP people have virtually kidnapped Sukhni after they came to know of the Congress plans to take her to President Pranab Mukherjee to seek his intervention.
"Reality of Chhattisgarh PDS is that tribals there are eating wild roots for want of food", he alleged.