Tribals demonstrate in Odisha's Koraput opposing bauxite mining in reserve forest

New Climate Heroes: Women Protecting Forests

In Odisha, Thengapalli women offer a vital model for sustainability: they guard the forest and pass leadership to their daughters to protect the future By Annapurna Pandey A visit to Gunduribadi On 8th January 2025, Bhagyalaxmi Biswal of Vasundhara (an NGO working on Indigenous Land rights) and I arrived in Gunduribadi, a village of about 98 families of Kondhs and Dalits, in Nayagarh district, Odisha. Chheta Pradhan, the President of the local T…

Tribals in Koraput protest against bauxite mining in reserve forest - OrissaPOST

Koraput: Thousands of people from the tribal community held a demonstration in Odisha’s Koraput district Tuesday, opposing the proposed bauxite mining project in Nageswari Reserve Forest. The agitators, who belonged to 13 gram sabhas in Nandapur block, held a protest march under the banner of the Community Forest Resource Management Committees (CRMCs). They have been opposing the project, citing threats to the environment and their livelihood. S…

Tribals demonstrate in Odisha's Koraput opposing bauxite mining in reserve forest

Koraput, Mar 18 (PTI) Thousands of people from the tribal community held a demonstration in Odisha's Koraput district on Tuesday, opposing the proposed bauxite mining project in Nageswari Reserve Forest.The agitators, who belonged to 13 gram sabhas in Nandapur block, held a protest march under the banner of the Community Forest Resource Management Committees (CRMCs).They have been opposing the project, citing threats to the environment and their…