Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
Notice (8): Undefined variable: urlPrefix [APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8]latest-news-updates/adivasis-of-india-s-tribal-belt-knock-on-delhi-s-door-vikram-raj.html"/> LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Adivasis of India’s Tribal Belt Knock on Delhi’s Door -Vikram Raj | Im4change.org
Resource centre on India's rural distress
 
 

Adivasis of India’s Tribal Belt Knock on Delhi’s Door -Vikram Raj

-Newsclick.in

Recently, many tribal activists, journalists and human rights activists from Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra came to the Press Club of India to highlight the contemporary situation in the tribal belt of India.

New Delhi: Understanding the scope and reasons for anti-tribal violence necessitates a state-by-state comparison. Tribals are oppressed in various ways in every state. The sex industry rings exploit tribals in Madhya Pradesh, while counter-insurgency operations against Maoists in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra often victimise them. The motive for such violence, however, varies from state to state.

Tribals are constantly on the periphery of society; therefore, whatever systematic violence they encounter results from Indian civilisation's regular socio-economic processes.

On March 30, many tribal activists, journalists and human rights activists from Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra came to the Press Club of India to highlight the contemporary situation in the tribal belt of India.

LONG WALK TO THE WOODS: SITUATION OF GADCHIROLI TRIBALS

Describing the state oppression in Maharashtra, Sainu Gota of Gadchiroli said, “Any resistance over ore mining in Gadchiroli is met with severe persecution by state troops. In Gadchiroli alone, 40,000 acres of land have been taken over for iron ore mining. Adivasis' livelihood is entirely reliant on the forest. Paramilitary troops harass those who go to harvest forest produce.”

Please click here to read more.