Ranjeeta Suryavanshi of Nirtu village in Takhatpur block died on the night of November 10. Her husband said he was not given the post-mortem report despite asking the doctor. Her one-month-old child has no option but to live on powdered milk
Chetty communities living in the core area of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve have been demanding that they be shifted out of the forest for three decades. Why is the forest department delaying their rehabilitation?
Landless Paniya tribals harvest ginger in the fields of Moundadan Chetty community in Puliyalam village. They are eager to be resettled outside Mudumalai forest so that they can earn higher wages
Around 1,500 forest dwellers from various states of India gathered at Jantar Mantar, sending a loud and clear demand for the proper implementation of the Forest Rights Act
Their demands included granting community rights of the forest people, granting rights on non timber forest produce to the forest people and formation of the cooperatives of the forest people according to the September 2012 amendment of the Rules of the F