PONDA, April 1 -- Team Herald

After struggling to obtain basic facilities for the past several decades, the members of the nomadic Vanarmare Tribe, originally from Maharashtra and known as the Katakari Samaj, were overjoyed after being provided with electricity.

Twenty families with children lived in these huts, existing in a primitive state without basic facilities.

The Electricity Department provided electricity to these 20 huts through underground connections. The process of connecting the electricity took six months to complete.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Executive Engineer Sudan Kukalkar, Assistant Engineer Nilkat Sawant, staff from the Power Department, Babani Mapari of an NGO and others.

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