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Writing on the walls of the Vedanta refinery in Lanjigarh. …
The forests inside the Niyamgiris sustain 53 varieties of crops …
The forests inside the Niyamgiris sustain 53 varieties of crops …
One of the over 100 perennial streams that originate from the …
Perennial stream on way to Kesarpadi village. The state …
A goods trains shunted at the Bissamcuttack station. In the …
Niyamgiri ranges seen from Bissamcuttack railway station in …
A Dongria Kondh woman at Bissamcuttack railway station. The goods …
Women from faraway Dongria Kondh villages watched the proceedings …
A Dongria Kondh woman takes to the mike at the July 18 palli …
Tribals press their point with Rayagada district judge Sarat …
A young state police recruit talks in Kui with the locals at the …
District judge of Rayagada, Sarat Chandra Misra, present at the …
The conveyor belt to transport bauxite from inside the Niyamgiris …
Women workers return from Vedantaﾒs alumina refinery in …
Vedantaﾒs Lanjigarh refinery started a school, a child care …
Dongria Kondh women painted on the walls of Vedanta Alumina's …
Residents of Lakhpadar village in Niyamgiri hills drew this map …
A Dongria Kondh girl from Kadraguma village in Rayagada district …
Dongria Kondh from Kesarpadi village inside Niyamgiri forests …
Wild mushrooms collected from the forests of Niyamgiri hills
The bejuni, village priestess of Lakhpadar, offers ritual …
bejuni of lakhpadar village
chanchala harijan
jamu gaur
lada sikaka
Between sorting mushrooms in a Dongria Kondh village inside Niyamgiri
Sharpening the axe inside Niyamgiri hill ranges
87 year old Sugri Gouda returns home after attending the Palli Sabha
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Gajendra Gouda at Tadijhola palli sabha: ﾓWeﾒve lived here …
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Dongria Kondh
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Writing on the walls of the Vedanta refinery in Lanjigarh. Proposed bauxite mining in 660 ha will wipe out much of the 721 ha of forests in the Niyamgiri, the source of sustenance of the Dongria Kondh and other forest dwellers
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The forests inside the Niyamgiris sustain 53 varieties of crops cultivated without any chemical inputs alongside 273 varieties of wild food
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The forests inside the Niyamgiris sustain 53 varieties of crops cultivated without any chemical inputs alongside 273 varieties of wild food
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One of the over 100 perennial streams that originate from the Niyamgiri hill range
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Perennial stream on way to Kesarpadi village. The state government hurriedly settled community claims to the forests in the village. for instance between 0.5 to an acre for perennial streams
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A goods trains shunted at the Bissamcuttack station. In the backdrop is the Niyamgiri range
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Niyamgiri ranges seen from Bissamcuttack railway station in Rayagada district, Odisha. The forest dwellers crowd the station in the morning to sell pineapples, mangoes and jackfruit grown in the forests
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A Dongria Kondh woman at Bissamcuttack railway station. The goods train loaded with coal supplies to the alumina complex of NALCO in Damanjodi, Koraput district
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Women from faraway Dongria Kondh villages watched the proceedings of Serkapadi palli sabha from outside the meeting venue
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A Dongria Kondh woman takes to the mike at the July 18 palli sabha in Serkapadi village. It was the first of the 12 villages chosen by Odisha government for public consultations on the proposal to mine Niyamgiri hills for Vedanta's alumina factory in Lanj
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Tribals press their point with Rayagada district judge Sarat Chandra Misra on the expanse of their habitat inside Niyamgiri hills. Serkapadi palli sabha, July 18, 2013
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A young state police recruit talks in Kui with the locals at the Serkapadi palli sabha. The palli sabha was held amidst tight security
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District judge of Rayagada, Sarat Chandra Misra, present at the palli sabha, argues with the tribals, sidestepping his role as the Supreme Court Observer. Soon after he told the tribals, ﾓall of you are acting very smart despite being illiterate. You woul
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The conveyor belt to transport bauxite from inside the Niyamgiris gathers rust next to the Lanjigarh refinery of Vedanta. The company illegally constructed the conveyor belt between 2008 and 2010 without the necessary forest clearance
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Women workers return from Vedantaﾒs alumina refinery in Lanjigarh on the foothills of Niyamgiri
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Vedantaﾒs Lanjigarh refinery started a school, a child care centre and constructed roads inside Niyamgiri, as part of its corporate social responsibility, to ease entry for its bauxite mining project. The CSR project was abandoned due to stiff resistance
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Dongria Kondh women painted on the walls of Vedanta Alumina's refinery in Lanjigarh, on the foothills of Niyamgiri. Stiff resistance from forest dwellers have prevented Vedanta from mining the Niyamgiri Hill ranges for Bauxite
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Residents of Lakhpadar village in Niyamgiri hills drew this map in 2010 to claim their rights over forest resources and places of worship. The Odisha government is yet to settle their claim
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A Dongria Kondh girl from Kadraguma village in Rayagada district reacts to the camera
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Dongria Kondh from Kesarpadi village inside Niyamgiri forests worships mango kernels on the eve of palli sabha to decide on Vedantaﾒs bauxite mining proposal
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Wild mushrooms collected from the forests of Niyamgiri hills
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The bejuni, village priestess of Lakhpadar, offers ritual sacrifices to appease Niyamraja before small patches of forests are felled for shift and burn cultivation
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Bejuni of lakhpadar village
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Chanchala harijan
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Jamu gaur
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Lada sikaka
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Between sorting mushrooms in a Dongria Kondh village inside Niyamgiri
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Sharpening the axe inside Niyamgiri hill ranges
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87 year old Sugri Gouda returns home after attending the Palli Sabha
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Gajendra Gouda at Tadijhola palli sabha: ﾓWeﾒve lived here for hundreds of years and are happy in our mud huts. Vedanta can go back to London and mine there.ﾔ
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