Shompen
tribesmen cast vote for first time; Andaman & Nicobar records 30% turnout.
In
Andaman and Nicobar, brisk polling has been reported from many parts of the
islands. According to the Returning officer, the voter turn out in this lone
Parliamentary constituency with 15 candidates in fray stood at 30 per cent
around noon.
For
the first time, the rarest tribe Shompens cast their votes from the exclusive. polling
station at Shompen Huts in the interior jungle of Great
Nicobar.
One of the smallest polling stations in
the country, Pillo patia in Great Nicobar with just 9 enrolled voters
recorded cent per cent of voters turn out as of 11 hours. The southern-most
polling station in the country located at Shastri Nagar in Great Nicobar.
Tribes
of Andaman & Nicobar Islands
1.
Andamanese, Chariar, Chari, Kora, Tabo, Bo, Yere, Kede, Bea, Balawa, Bojigiyab,
Juwai, Kol
2.
Jarawas
3.
Nicobarese
4.
Onges
5.
Sentinelese
6.
Shom Pens.
Shompen
The
Shompens are hunter-gatherers who have only very limited contact with outsiders.
Their population in the last census of 2001 was only 398.
The
Indian Government has initiated efforts for the protection of the
fast-depleting Shompen primitive tribe in the Nicobar islands and proposed
granting it the status of “unique human heritage” of the country.
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