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
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
The bejuni, village priestess of Lakhpadar, offers ritual sacrifices to appease Niyamraja before small patches of forests are felled for shift and burn cultivation
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
Residents of village Nuagarh in Astarang block in Puri district took shelter in a primary school. The village drew up its own disaster management plan and stocked some drinking water and food as well
Once rescued from Korean company POSCO, Odisha's ecologically rich Khandadhar hills have now been handed over to the state's mining body. Tribal communities in the region gear up for another round of fight to save their rivers and land