jenu kuruba families

The Union ministry has directed Karnataka's tribal welfare department to address the challenges faced by 52 jenu kuruba families who returned to their ancestral lands within the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, seeking rights under the Forest Rights Act.

The Union ministry has intervened in the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, directing Karnataka's tribal welfare department to address the challenges faced by 52 jenu kuruba families who returned to their ancestral lands seeking rights under the Forest Rights Act.

At a time when man is looking at setting foot on Mars, a tribe living about 250km from technology hub Bangalore has trees as home. They have lived this way for more than six decades.

Four decades after being evicted under the guise of wildlife protection, around four dozen jenu kuruba families have re-entered Nagarahole Tiger Reserve to reclaim their ancestral lands. They constructed makeshift huts, asserting their rights under the Forest Rights Act, which have yet to be recognized.

Named after the brave character of the Mahabharata, 30-year-old Abhimanyu is popular in the state for catching wild tuskers. Abhimanyu is no human, but an elephant himself.

In Nagarhole Gadde Hadi, Jenu Kuruba tribe children benefit from a new anganwadi amid struggles for basic amenities. Thimma discusses welfare issues, highlighting the ongoing challenges faced by the community.

During the second wave of Covid-19, from frontline warriors to tribal families staying deep inside forests of Chamarajanagar district, Isha Foundation led by Sadhguru has served the needy.

Imagine building a house in the woods and living a comfortable life amidst the serene and green environment.

Indigenous communities in India are facing displacement from their ancestral lands due to tourism and tiger projects, despite laws meant to protect them. Adivasis at a global press briefing highlighted the dilution and improper implementation of these protective measures.

BANGALORE: Nanga Jenu, Nanga Karadi, Nanga Ajja (The Bee, the bear and the Kuruba), a one-hour documentary film by Vinod Raja on the adivasis of Nagarhole and Kakanakote will be screened in the 32nd International Film Festival of India 2001 to be held in Bangalore from October 10-20.

The fund aimed to the uplift of tribals in the state has been underutilized by the state government, said Chamarajnagar MP R Dhruvanarayan on Tuesday.

It was a relationship very few understood but one that was cherished and nurtured with love and patience.On Thursday, howdah elephant Arjuna lost his mahout, Dodda Masti.

Over 3,400 tribal families, which were relocated from Nagarahole Tiger Reserve nearly four decades ago after the introduction of Wildlife Act 1972, are yet to be rehabilitated.

Not bird calls from thick foliage, hundreds of Kuruba tribals of Nagarhole wake up to the silence of a concrete colony these days, attuning themselves to a new livelihood and way of life far from the familiar forests.

In a fresh incident, a tiger mauled a 35-year-old tribal to death and grievously injured another in HD Kote taluk's Seegodu Haadi on Friday morning.