chenchus
- Telangana
Chenchu Adivasis not willing to leave Amrabad Tiger Reserve: Fact-finding team
Hyderabad: Two civil society organisations have demanded an immediate halt to the relocation of Adivasi communities from villages falling within the Amrabad Tiger Reserve area in Telangana, alleging that the displacement drive is…
- Telangana
Governor assures dialogue after group flags forced relocation of Chenchus
Hyderabad: A delegation of the Chenchu Solidarity Forum (CSF) on Friday, May 1, met Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla and urged him to intervene against what it said was the unconstitutional forced relocation…
- Telangana
Cut off, no hospital, school far: 5 Telangana tiger reserve villages want out
Hyderabad: Residents of five villages inside the Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district took to the streets in Achampet town recently, demanding that forest authorities speed up their voluntary relocation, while pushing…
- Telangana
Nallamalla forest Chenchus oppose relocation from Amrabad Tiger Reserve
Hyderabad: Adivasis and activists have strongly condemned the forced relocation of the Chenchu community in the Nallamalla forests and demanded protection of their habitat and community rights. At a press conference, the…
- Telangana
NHRC directs Nagarkurnool Collector to resolve Chenchus’ forest rights issue
Hyderabad: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Wednesday, February 25, directed Nagarkurnool District Collector Badavath Santosh to resolve the issue of the Recognition of Forest Rights (RoFR) pattas not yet issued…
