Pathetic to see ‘dolis’ in the age of AI, says Chandrababu Naidu

Amaravati, Aug 9 (IANS) At a time when the whole world is talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI), it is pathetic to see patients and pregnant women from remote tribals hamlets being taken to nearby hospitals on ‘dolis’ (palanquins), Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Friday. He assured the tribals that steps would be taken to see to it that tribal people do not have to depend on ‘dolis’ anymore, and the government would soon re-introduce feeder ambulances and provide road connectivity to tribal villages. Addressing a gathering of tribals to mark World Adivasi Day, Naidu said poverty will be completely eradicated among the tribals with a comprehensive plan and study circles will soon be established in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, and Tirupati exclusively for the Adivasis. The Chief Minister actively participated in the Thimsa dance programme along with tribal women on this occasion and later presented a saree to the Goddess of these tribals. Announcing that the Chaitanyam 2.0 (Awareness-2.0) programme will be taken up soon for the overall progress of tribals, he said that road connectivity will be provided soon to 2,191 tribal villages. Naidu also stated that safe drinking water would be supplied to every tribal household with an expenditure of Rs 2,373 crore and made it clear that this coalition government would not show any kind of discrimination against any section of people. He also ruled out pursuing vindictive