Bhubaneswar, Sept 12: Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) will provide education to three daughters of Dana Majhi, who was in news recently for carrying his wife’s body of on his shoulders for 10 km after ambulance allegedly refused to help. The decision was taken after many tribal organizations of Kalahandi
district, including Biswabasu Sabar Samaj, District Tribal Society, All
Odisha Banjara Samaj, Tribal Employees Sangram Samiti, and local MLA, Capt. Dibyasankar Mishra requested the KISS authority to take educational responsibility of Dana’s daughters. Representatives from
these tribal organizations along with Dana Majhi reached here in KISS
yesterday and formally communicated their request to Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS. KISS authorities agreed to admit Chandini, Sonei and Pramila, three daughters of Dana Majhi, in the institute.
The tribal representatives from the district also requested KISS authorities to open a branch of the institute in Kalahandi. A branch of KISS will start functioning in Kalahandi from the coming academic year, KISS authorities hinted. Though the land for this purpose has already been purchased since 2011, work has not progressed due to paucity of funds. The tribal organizations from Kalahandi further requested to
admit 100 more children from Dana Majhi’s village and the local area in KISS, which was also agreed to in principle.
Dr. Samanta informed the tribal representatives about financial assistance from Government of Bahrain to Dana Majhi. He has already discussed with the Ambassador of Bahrain in New Delhi in this regard, he
informed. An amount of Rs. 9 lakh will be given whenever Dana Majhi will visit the Embassy of Bahrain in New Delhi with a representative of KISS, Dr. Samanta elaborated. As per advice of the Ambassador of Bahrain, this
amount will be deposited as fixed deposits in the names of all four
daughters of Dana Majhi, he added. One of his daughter has got married earlier.
