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CPI (ML) Tripura State Committee submitted a memorandum to DM of Gomati District with 11 point charter of demands today.
To increase the amount of allowance for cooks and helper up to Rs.18000 per month under ADC and out of ADC areas under Gomati district, to take administrative initiative to check increasing incidents of rape, atrocity on minor girls and women, to construct government home for shelter of girl child, minor girl and women who are victim of domestic violence, to introduce new act for providing legal support to give right of property to the victim women of domestic violence, to arrange ration for BPL families who had not got Aadhar card, to include aged, week, abandoned women, widow, senior citizen, disabled, tribal of primitive group under Antyoday Ration Card, to provide compensation to the family members who died and injured in Jeep accident on July 19, 2014, to upgrade T.S. Hospital as 50 to 100 bedded Subdivision Hospital according to Indian Public Health Standard, to construct second approach road to connect Udaipur town and Motor Stand with Rail Station, to repair ST Hostel of N.S. College etc are among the demands of the party.
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