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‘Displacement of Koyas, Konda Reddis is forcible partition of tribal family’
10 months, 1 week 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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Andhra Pradesh | Whose Polavaram is it anyway?
1 year, 5 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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SPOTLIGHT | No place to call home: Gutti Koyas fight for survival
1 year, 11 months ago

SPOTLIGHT | No place to call home: Gutti Koyas fight for survival

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 29, 2022 10:35 IST Venkat, who lives in Devanigutta in Mulugu, a border district of Telangana, is unaware of the conflict that forced his parents to flee Chhattisgarh decades ago. A forest officer’s killing Gutti Koyas have had issues with forest officers since their arrival in Telangana, which was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014. In …

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The great Godavari floods
2 years, 3 months ago

The great Godavari floods

The Hindu  

In the last week of June, Kunja Sai Kumar, a farmer belonging to the Koya tribe, was jubilant as he sat with the 160 families of his community in Mukunuru village for a dinner. “We are apprehensive that the water level in the Godavari will constantly hover above the first flood warning level of 43 ft at Bhadrachalam once the …

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Koyas seek recognition for Gondi language
3 years, 5 months ago

Koyas seek recognition for Gondi language

The Hindu  

People belonging to the Koya tribe on Wednesday observed the Gondi Language Day in the Agency areas of East Godavari district, and sought inclusion of their language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. The Gondi Language Day is observed on July 21 as per the Delhi Convention - 2018 organised by the Adivasi Samkshema Parishad, the prime body that …

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Kannabiran Memorial Lecture : The Constitution and Scheduled Tribes in Composite State of AP
3 years, 11 months ago

Kannabiran Memorial Lecture : The Constitution and Scheduled Tribes in Composite State of AP

Live Law  

It is ten years since Sri Kannabiran left us, and yet memories of him are still fresh. Shri Kannabhiran then referred to Section 52-A of the Government of India Act, 1919, Sections 91 and 92 of the Government of India Act, 1935, the Ganzam and Vizagapatam Act, 1939, the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874, the debates which took place in the …

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