Koraput (T)
3 Photos
Koraput (T)
3 Photos
In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast-track development into what the state officially calls a “cut-off” region — hills submerged by the stilled waters of huge reservoirs; a space created by administrative fiat; a gap in the collective memory of the nation; a gash in its growth — 20,000 tribals today find themselves in an absurd situation: whereas they exist, they also don’t.
Koraput (T)
3 Photos
In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast-track development into what the state officially calls a “cut-off” region — hills submerged by the stilled waters of huge reservoirs; a space created by administrative fiat; a gap in the collective memory of the nation; a gash in its growth — 20,000 tribals today find themselves in an absurd situation: whereas they exist, they also don’t.
Koraput (T)
3 Photos
