Woman selected to Odisha planning body lives in thatched hut
A 68-year-old tribal woman who was recently appointed to the Odisha Planning Board lives in a mud-and-thatch hut in Koraput. Kamala Pujari's family said the government had rejected her request for a pucca house under Indira Awaas Yojana in 2016. A hostel building in Bhubaneswar is named after Pujari, who has received praise for preserving local varieties of paddy.