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
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
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
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
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
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