"podu-cultivation"

An SC, ST Commission member visited Karjelli village in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district to probe allegations against forest officials over boundary marking and trench digging affecting 50 Dalit families dependent on podu cultivation. The families alleged that their livelihood was being threatened

The conflict between podu farmers and forest officials has resurfaced in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district. Farmers alleged harassment over trench digging and land retrieval, while forest officials maintained that the measures were necessary for wildlife conservation and boundary demarcation

A Forest Range Officer in Kothagudem's Aswapuram range, has been suspended for allegedly accepting a bribe to overlook illegal encroachment of forest land under the guise of podu cultivation by non-tribals.

Hyderabad: The State government has constituted a district coordination committee to oversee the proper disposal of claims regarding lands under podu cultivation and to ensure inter-departmental coordination. The district in-charge minister will be the chairperson for the committee while Commissioner/Superintendent of Police, Project officer, TDA, Additional Collector (Revenue), Additional Collector (Local Bodies), District Forest Officer, […]

Mancherial: District Forest Officer Shivani Dogra said that certain greedy persons were trying to encroach the forest lands even as they own house sites and agriculture fields at Koya Pochamguda village in Dandepalli, resulting in controversies. She along with Jannaram Forest Divisional Officer S Madhav Rao addressed pressmen here on Monday. Stating that the outskirts […]

BJP leader Dr P Harish Rao vowed that he would continue with his struggle in support of podu farmers in different forms in the future

Speaking to Telangana Today, District Forest Officer (DFO) Tirumala Ravi Kiran said: “500 hectares of encroachment was retrieved in Mahabubabad district by taking up staggered trenches."

The ANR, a low cost forest restoration method that can effectively convert deforested lands of degraded vegetation to more productive forests

They alleged that they were being harassed by the officials of the forest department for depending on the forests for livelihood.

Urges party’s elected representatives to explain the revolutionary reforms ushered in by the TRS government