Decades in the making, the Mandal Dam, a part of the ambitious North Koel Reservoir Project, is yet to see completion, stalled by ecological clearances, inter-state disputes, and local resistance.
On Wednesday, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi escalated his political fight for the empowerment of the Dalits, tribals and backward classes of the society and underlined the paradox of representation without power.
Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagade on Friday assured the opposition benches in the state assembly of personally ensuring measures to safeguard the interests of tribals and fulfilment of their needs.
The Madhya Pradesh BJP government has granted ‘Habitat Right’ to 21 Baiga tribal settlements and 12 of the Bhariya tribes in the state, paving the way for the tribals to gain rights on their land and forest produce.
As part of this endeavour, the National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) successfully organised a workshop on “Building Quality Infrastructure for Tribal Education” this week in New Delhi.
PM Modi started his reply in Rajya Sabha, the Opposition MPs started raising slogans of "Modi-Adani bhai-bhai."
Forest officials with workers, started digging the land for plantation. Learning about it, people gathered and reached the spot and opposed it.
"All members are happy with the action taken report after attending the meeting, following overall development of the tribal community. We have decided to ready 20 lakh houses for tribal people in the next five years,"
The issue of tribal development has taken a front seat in the current government's agenda. Besides triggering grassroots welfare, these decisions have helped highlight scores of tribal heroes like Birsa Munda, Tantya Mama, Rani Durgavati, Badal Bhol, Khajya Nayak, Shankar Shah, Raghunath Shah, Bhima Nayak, Ganjan Singh Korku, and many others.
However, the district police started taking strict action against the opium growers later, while the chiefs and members of every gram panchayat were issued strict warnings and asked to see that the cultivation was not done.
