Annual Kunde Habba concludes with bawdy abuses in tribal belts of Kodagu, Hunsur Gonikoppa: Yesterday, the fourth Thursday of May saw the culmination of ‘Kunde Habba’ in parts of tribal-dominated South Kodagu, Hunsur and Hanagodu that borders Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. It is a peculiar festival where choicest abuses are hurled against the Tribal Gods Ayyappa…
Hundreds of men, women and children stage overnight protest on Mysuru-Kodagu border Hanagod: Hundreds of tribal families which were relocated from Nagarahole Tiger Reserve years ago after the implementation of Wildlife Act 1972 and after the Project Tiger was introduced, are yet to be rehabilitated fully and they want to go back to the forests,…
Hunsur/Mysuru: In a twist to the controversy over forest guards opening fire on a tribal in the Hunsur wildlife range of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve in Periyapatna, the Forest Department has clarified that the firing was opened at poachers and this incident has been falsely projected as the Department had fired at innocent tribals. The incident…
Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that the Forest staff had opened fire on Jenu Kuruba tribal youth Basappa, Green India Trust Project Director Dr. Mahendra Kumar has urged the Police to register an FIR and conduct a thorough probe. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Dr. Mahendra Kumar said that after opening fire on Basava,…
Hunsur: A tiger, which had killed a tribal youth at Ayyanakere Tribal Hamlet near Veeranahosahalli in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve Forest on Sept. 8 morning, has been found dead on Sept. 17. Addressing media persons at his office in Hunsur on Tuesday, Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Satish said that the experts of Tiger Cell constituted…
Seeing plight of those who have moved out of forest, families shy away to relocate Hanagodu: While the Forest Department is spending crores of rupees every year to maintain the flora and fauna in Reserve Forests and Tiger Reserves in order to rake in the moolah through boosting safari, creating protected areas and attracting tourism,…
Mysore/Mysuru: GlobalKulture distributed over 300 grocery kits to tribal hamlets in and around Nagarahole National Park recently. The kits were distributed among the Kolavige, Kappana and Katte tribal hamlets by the volunteers, who also distributed face masks to the tribals to safeguard themselves from contracting the virus. In a bid to expand this outreach effort,…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Despite reports that tribals and a significant rural population are displaying vaccine hesitancy and opposing COVID tests, the IEC (Information, Education, Communication) team of the Health and Family Welfare Department has succeeded in convincing them to get jabs for their own health, safety and well-being. Most of the tribal and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following a news item titled ‘Tribals fight for livelihood in Corona-free Muthathi village’ published in SOM dated May 24 (Page-4) which threw light on the woes of around 150 tribal families living in Muthathi forest area of Malvalli taluk in Mandya district due to COVID crisis, Sri Jana Jagarana Trust has lent its helping…
By M.K. Mohanraj Mandya: As the State reels under the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic, around 150 tribal families in Muthathi forest area of Malvalli taluk in Mandya district are in deep distress. Even as many villages in the district are gripped by the deadly pandemic, the remote village of Muthathi near Halagur in Malavalli taluk has…
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