"gutti-koyas"

Telangana is now among the very few States in the country to extend ex gratia to the forest personnel.

Telangana High Court on Monday set aside the Bendalapadu Grama Panchayat's resolution against the Gutti Khoya tribe

The Gutti Koyas of Guthikoyas of Yerrabodu habitation on Tuesday paid tributes to the Forest Range Officer Ch Srinivas Rao

Even as Bendalapadu gram panchayat and its residents passed a resolution seeking to evict Gutti Koyas from the Yerrabodu habitation, the tribals have refused to move.

The forest department officials have photographic evidence based on Cartosat imagery to prove their argument.

Forest officials insisted on eviction of Gutti Koyas habitations from forest areas and discourage political promises for regularization of fresh encroachments.

By Shubhranshu Choudhary When violence suddenly escalated in Chhattisgarh due to a government-supported anti-Maoist programme called Salwa Judum in 2005, according to some government figures, around 55,000 tribals had escaped to then Andhra Pradesh leaving their homes behind. Economic migration of Gutti Koyas (known as Muria in Chhattisgarh) to the southern part of Dandakaranya forest […]