{"id":67331,"date":"2019-09-10T17:46:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T12:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=67331"},"modified":"2019-09-10T17:59:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T12:29:23","slug":"anupriya-lakra-becomes-first-woman-pilot-odishas-naxal-hit-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/anupriya-lakra-becomes-first-woman-pilot-odishas-naxal-hit-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Anupriya Lakra becomes first woman pilot from Odisha’s Naxal-Hit Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThough it was difficult for me to fund her pilot training, I took loans and got help from relatives. I always ensured that my daughter gets an education in the field she wanted to,\u201d said Mariniyas Lakra.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anupriya\u2019s mother Jimaj said despite meagre resources the family never stopped their daughter from dreaming big.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u201cWe are happy that she has become what she always dreamt of. I want my daughter to be a source of inspiration for all girls. I urge all parents to support their daughters,\u201d said Jimaj, who lives in a dilapidated house in Malkangiri with her husband and son.<\/span><\/p>\n

“People used to say she will not be able to do it as we belong to a backward village. But she has proved them wrong. We feel very proud of her,” she told ANI.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2012, she was selected for admission in a government-run engineering college in Bhubaneswar, but after a few months of classes she left and took admission at the Government Aviation Training Institute (GATI), Bhubaneswar to pursue her heart\u2019s desire.<\/span><\/p>\n

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated Anupriya and wished her good luck for the future. In his congratulatory tweet for her, he wrote that she is the epitome of perseverance and determination. “I am happy to learn about the success of Anupriya Lakra. The success achieved by her through dedicated efforts and perseverance is an example for many,” Mr Patnaik tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tribal leader and president of Odisha Adivasi Kalyan Mahasangha, Niranjan Bisi said Lakra, an Oraon tribe woman, was not only the first tribal woman from Malkangiri, but Odisha. \u201cIn a district that is yet to see a railway line, it is a matter of pride for tribals there that a local woman will now fly a plane,\u201d said Bisi.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to records, tribals form 22.95 per cent of Odisha\u2019s 4.2 crore population. With 57.4 percent of the district as tribals, Malkangiri has the highest percentage of tribal population in Odisha.\u00a0 Odisha has a literacy rate of 73 per cent, however,only 41.20% of its tribal women are literate.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Anupriya Madhumita Lakra, a 27-year-old woman from Maoist-affected Malkangiri district of Odisha becomes the first tribal from the state to fly a commercial plane, as she joins Indigo Airlines as a co-pilot sometime later this month, according to media reports.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lakra\u2019s father Mariniyas Larka, a police constable in Malkangiri and mother Jimaj Yashmin Lakra said their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":67333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497],"tags":[78858,78859,8924,78860,63257,1245],"yst_prominent_words":[6604,78856,7612,4045,3946,5528,78855,27913,78853,78851,78852,78854,4146,78850,9855,27909,21018,11173,78857,4149],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2019\/09\/10173838\/jpg.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67331"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=67331"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=67331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}