Bandh in protest against Japanese Enecephalitis in Malkangiri

Normal life was disrupted in Odisha's Malkangiri district today during a bandh called by a tribal organisation accusing the state government of failing to check spread of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) which has claimed the lives of at least 80 children so far.
Shops and business establishments remained closed and vehicular movement was affected during the dawn-to-dusk shit-down called by Zilla Adivasi Samaj Mahasangh.
Picketing was held by the activists of the tribal outfit at different places, even as the bandh supporters planned to gherao the district Collector's office here tomorrow as a mark of protest against death of so many kids due to the vector-borne disease.

The organisation alleged that the state government had completely failed to contain the killer disease which spread its tentacles in the tribal dominated district around two months ago.
The tribal outfit demanded Rs 10 lakh compensation to the family members of each child who died due to the vector-borne disease.
The disease has spread in villages under six of the seven blocks in the district.