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PWD finds Vellamunda Government HSS structurally unfit; houses 200+ tribal students from Paniya, Kattunayakan communities.
Vadra opposes Kannur transfer (150km, 4-hour commute), demands Wayanad-internal facility instead.
Letter sent to Tribal Welfare Minister O R Kelu (CPI-M), Mananthavady MLA covering Vellamunda area.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday urged Kerala Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes O R Kelu to shift tribal students from the "unfit" Government Ashram High School at Thirunelli in Wayanad to a safe institution within the district, rejecting the state government's plan to relocate them to Kannur.
In her letter, Vadra highlighted that all students at the school—exclusively from Paniya and Adi