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/polavaram-displaced-and-nowhere-to-go-tribal-families-robbed-of-rights-livelihood-in-resettlement-colonies-shagun-kapil.html"/> LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Tribal families robbed of rights, livelihood in resettlement colonies -Shagun Kapil | Im4change.org
Resource centre on India's rural distress
 
 

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Tribal families robbed of rights, livelihood in resettlement colonies -Shagun Kapil

-Down to Earth

The families depended on forest produce but have been moved far away from forest land

The eviction of residents from 222 villages on the Godavari river basin for the Polavaram dam project tells the story of India’s tribal families fighting a losing battle for their land and forest rights. 

On March 27, 2021, Bariya Nagaraj’s was among 72 families forcefully shifted from their home in Agraharam village in East Godavari district to a rehabilitation colony in Indukuru village, 30 km away. 

“The police came with JCB earthmover machines to raze down our homes,” Nagaraj recounted, his eyes moist. “They asked us to collect our belongings and threatened arrest if we resisted.” 

On their way out, they disconnected the water and electricity supply and dismantled the village borewell, so that we could not return, he added.

Nagraj was among the approximately 56,504 tribal families already displaced or set to be displaced when the Polavaram dam project is operational in April, 2022. 

Please click here to read more.