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
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
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
Conveyor belts feed in the agro-waste, everything from palm fronds to coffee, to be burnt to heat water, creating steam and driving the turbine at the 25 MW RK Power Gen biomass project in Hiryur, Karnataka
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
Santosh Nirmal Horo of Kharsidag village in Ranchi hated the way his father climbed tall palash, ber and kusum trees to grow lac. Lac is a scarlet resin secreted by an insect that makes its home on trees. Horo followed his fatherメs footsteps but not for l
Santosh Nirmal Horo of Kharsidag village in Ranchi hated the way his father climbed tall palash, ber and kusum trees to grow lac. Lac is a scarlet resin secreted by an insect that makes its home on trees. Horo followed his fatherメs footsteps but not for l
Santosh Nirmal Horo of Kharsidag village in Ranchi hated the way his father climbed tall palash, ber and kusum trees to grow lac. Lac is a scarlet resin secreted by an insect that makes its home on trees. Horo followed his fatherメs footsteps but not for l
Santosh Nirmal Horo of Kharsidag village in Ranchi hated the way his father climbed tall palash, ber and kusum trees to grow lac. Lac is a scarlet resin secreted by an insect that makes its home on trees. Horo followed his fatherメs footsteps but not for l
Santosh Nirmal Horo of Kharsidag village in Ranchi hated the way his father climbed tall palash, ber and kusum trees to grow lac. Lac is a scarlet resin secreted by an insect that makes its home on trees. Horo followed his fatherメs footsteps but not for l
Santosh Nirmal Horo of Kharsidag village in Ranchi hated the way his father climbed tall palash, ber and kusum trees to grow lac. Lac is a scarlet resin secreted by an insect that makes its home on trees. Horo followed his fatherメs footsteps but not for l
Santosh Nirmal Horo of Kharsidag village in Ranchi hated the way his father climbed tall palash, ber and kusum trees to grow lac. Lac is a scarlet resin secreted by an insect that makes its home on trees. Horo followed his fatherメs footsteps but not for l
Meera Pal’s house in Udvaya can be seen in the picture. Shivpuri is an area dominated by scheduled tribes (ST), mainly Sahariya. Almost 73 per cent of children admitted in the nutrition rehabilitation centre of the town belong to STs. With a catchment are
Meera Pal, an anganwadi worker in Udvaya village in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district, campaigs against malnutrition. Educated only till class V, Meera finds it difficult to calculate the ratio between weight and age of the children in the village. For t
About 2,000 tonnes of municipal waste is transported daily to the plant for incineration. This includes biomedical waste which is burnt in a biomedical waste incinerator separately. Resident Welfare Associations say the waste-to-energy plant generates lar
About 2,000 tonnes of municipal waste is transported daily to the plant for incineration. This includes biomedical waste which is burnt in a biomedical waste incinerator separately. Resident Welfare Associations say the waste-to-energy plant generates lar
Haji colony is just 100 metres from the incinerator plant. The colony has the waste to energy plant on one side, alongside a bio-medical waste incinerator and large municipal compost plant
About 2,000 tonnes of municipal waste is transported daily to the plant for incineration. This includes biomedical waste which is burnt in a biomedical waste incinerator separately. Resident Welfare Associations say the waste-to-energy plant generates lar