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Articles for Konda Reddi

Jaladam Valley, home to the Konda Reddi tribe, offers a glimpse into a centuries-old way of life
4 weeks ago

Jaladam Valley, home to the Konda Reddi tribe, offers a glimpse into a centuries-old way of life

The Hindu  

Hidden in the rugged hills of Jaladam Valley in Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada district lies Gillaram village, home to the Konda Reddi tribe, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. The Konda Reddi tribals of Gillaram village would grow paddy only in the Kharif season as streams would run dry by the middle of the Rabi season, precisely by March. Conservation The Konda …

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Godavari Valley schooled by dropouts
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Godavari Valley schooled by dropouts

The Hindu  

Over two decades ago, Madivi Veeramma, a Koya tribal woman, fell in love with both education and Madivi Veerayya. “Many government employees in our village, including two teachers and two Anganwadi workers, rebuilt our academic lives through Koitur Bata,” she says. At the village entrance, under two ancient Mahua trees, the first community-based school, Koitur Bata, was established specifically for …

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Konda Reddi tribe’s indigenous knowledge of Indian laurel tree proves resourceful
9 months, 1 week ago

Konda Reddi tribe’s indigenous knowledge of Indian laurel tree proves resourceful

The Hindu  

The indigenous knowledge of the Konda Reddi tribe, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group inhabiting the Papikonda hill range in the Godavari region, has proven resourceful. On Saturday, the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department authorities cut the bark of an Indian laurel tree found in the Papikonda National Park in the Rampa Agency of the Alluri Sitharama Raju district to learn that …

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‘Displacement of Koyas, Konda Reddis is forcible partition of tribal family’
11 months ago

‘Displacement of Koyas, Konda Reddis is forcible partition of tribal family’

The Hindu  

CHINTOOR Telangana-based Gussadi dancer Kanaka Sudarshan said the displacement of Koya and Konda Reddi tribes from the Godavari river to make way for the Polavaram irrigation project appears to be a ‘forcible partition of brothers in a family’. Speaking to The Hindu on the sidelines of the 5th National Tribal Dance Festival being organised by the Adivasi Samkshema Parishad here, …

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The barrier to birth control in Andhra’s tribal village
1 year, 4 months ago

The barrier to birth control in Andhra’s tribal village

The Hindu  

Sandula Mangamma, who believes she is in her early 40s, has 10 children. We believe that those who are blessed with more children could be more prosperous by expanding their farm activity.” However, she says women cannot decide on birth control on their own. “I have been creating awareness on birth control since I was appointed as the village volunteer …

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Andhra Pradesh | Whose Polavaram is it anyway?
1 year, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh | Whose Polavaram is it anyway?

The Hindu  

On June 12, Vetla Mutyala Reddi, 36, from the Konda Reddi tribe, put forward his charter of 10 demands to the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Aims to irrigate 4.36 lakh hectares, generate 960 MW of hydropower, supply drinking water to 611 villages 80 TMC of Godavari water to be diverted to the Krishna …

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