They contended that there can be no celebration of World Indigenous Day when scores of tribal villages lack basic amenities, such as electricity, roads, potable water and educational institutions.The protesters demonstrated over a three-kilometre distance, holding traditional torches and carrying “doli”. They started from Pashuvulabanda village in V. Madugula mandal to Tanimani Junction via Ravikamat and Jeelugu village in Cheemalapadu …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the PM-PVTG Development Mission — a scheme meant for the overall development of around 28 lakh people from Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups — in a special programme to mark the birth anniversary of tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda on November 15, which has been celebrated as Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas for three years now. In …
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 …
