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Muria Tribes issues
April 16 , 2024
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- The Murias, who fled from the districts of Sukma, Dantewada, and Bijapur in Dandakaranya region of Chhattisgarh, settled in the erstwhile East and West Godavari districts in Andhra Pradesh.
- The Muria settlements are known as habitations of Internally Displaced People (IDPs), whose population is around 6,600 in A.P.
- The Murias here referred to as ‘Gutti Koyas’ by the native tribes.
- The Murias have cleared forest cover within the reserve forests to raise food crops.
- That is the major issue raised by the Forest department for denying them any access to the basics.
- After a decade-long legal battle, some Muria settlements have managed to obtain a stay order.
- They fled from their native village in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh during the conflict between left wing extremists and State-sponsored Salwa Judum, a wing designated to counter the Naxals.
- In the case of Nandini Sundar and Others vs. State of Chhattisgarh (July 2011), the Supreme Court declared the Salwa Judum unconstitutional and ordered the Chhattisgarh government to disband it immediately.
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