Articles for Tribal Families

Rain continues to wreak havoc in Wayanad
5 months ago

Rain continues to wreak havoc in Wayanad

The Hindu  

Wayanad continues to face severe weather conditions, with heavy rain accompanied by strong winds battering the hill district for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday. Meghasree declared a holiday for all educational institutions in the district, except Model Residential Schools for tribal students and Navodaya Vidyalaya, on Friday after the India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert in the district. …

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Rain continues to wreak havoc in Wayanad
5 months ago

Rain continues to wreak havoc in Wayanad

The Hindu  

Torrential rain accompanied by strong winds wreaked havoc in various parts of Wayanad district on Wednesday. As many as 332 members of 98 families, including tribal families, were shifted to 11 relief camps opened in Sulthan Bathery, Vythiri and Mananthavady taluks, District Collector D.R. Traffic through the Palchuram ghat section of the road connecting Wayanad and Kannur districts came to …

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Kerala: Displaced tribal families await land allocation amid rising wildlife conflicts
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala: Displaced tribal families await land allocation amid rising wildlife conflicts

New Indian Express  

The 523 acres that have been identified are part of a teak plantation, and even if the land is allocated, the beneficiaries will not be able to cultivate the land as the department has placed restrictions on the felling of trees. Wild elephants and gaurs are roaming the farmlands and many people have died in wild animal attacks in the …

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Imphal’s remaining Kuki families allege forcible eviction
1 year, 3 months ago

Imphal’s remaining Kuki families allege forcible eviction

The Hindu  

The last of the Kuki-Zo people, who had stayed put in Imphal after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur on May 3, said they were forcibly evicted from their homes by security forces in the early hours on September 2. A source in the defence forces said the families were provided safe passage from New Lambulane in Imphal East to Motbung …

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Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from some Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race. The decision, Alito wrote, “disserves the rights and interests of these children.” But Justice Neil Gorsuch, …

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Six tribal families near Coimbatore’s Anaikatti get new houses
1 year, 6 months ago

Six tribal families near Coimbatore’s Anaikatti get new houses

The Hindu  

Six tribal families of the Kandivazhi tribal settlement near Anaikatti in Coimbatore district on Wednesday moved to new houses that were built under the Chief Minister’s Green House scheme, supported by corporate social responsibility funds. Though the works of seven houses started under the Green House scheme in 2021, the government subsidy of ₹3 lakh each for a house was …

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Government assures employment to Polavaram-affected tribal families
1 year, 7 months ago

Government assures employment to Polavaram-affected tribal families

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Polavaram administrative officer C.V. Pravin Adithya said efforts are being made to provide employment opportunities to 5,800 tribal families displaced due to the irrigation project and residing in relief and rehabilitation colonies. Reviewing the rehabilitation status of tribes displaced by the project with officials of Chinturu and Rampachodavaram ITDA and Velugu on Thursday, Adithya pointed out that many tribal …

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Simhachalam donates cows to tribal farmers
1 year, 9 months ago

Simhachalam donates cows to tribal farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Simhachalam Devasthanam on Wednesday donated 120 cows and cattle to 44 tribal families living in Alluri Sitaramaraju district, so that they could earn their livelihood. It may be recalled that six months ago, lightning struck three remote panchayats – Injari, Ligeti and Jamuguda – on the Andhra-Odisha border in Alluri Sitaramaraju district. Following the tragedy, several of the affected, …

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Tribal families reluctant to relocate despite natural calamity threat
2 years, 4 months ago

Tribal families reluctant to relocate despite natural calamity threat

The Hindu  

Resistance on the part of some tribal families, in the interior areas of Kozhikode, to relocate to safer locations in the wake of the continuing threat of landslips and flash floods, has put the local administrators and rescue volunteers in a tight spot. Local rescue volunteers point out that there are about 40 tribal families at Muthappanpuzha alone where flash …

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