A looming crisis is threatening the lives and livelihoods of Adivasi communities across the Eastern Ghats. The biodiversity, nature, and environment of the Eastern Ghats are hurtling towards destruction. Yet, the struggle of the indigenous communities to save the Eastern Ghats continues. Update: 20 June, 2026 The brutal police crackdown on Kantamal village […]
The targeted attacks by pro-company people or hired goondas and the active connivance of the district administration with the company is coming down heavy on the movement. Even then, the adivasis and Dalits opposed to mining are fighting it out legally in the courts and through large mobilization on the ground. Groundxero | 23 March, […]
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) demands the immediate release of Kartik Naik, a prominent leader of the Maa Maati Maali Surakhya Manch resisting the setting up of a bauxite mine in the Sijimali/ Tijmali hills in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha by M/S Vedanta Ltd. PUDR demands rejecting approvals to the Sijimali bauxite […]