These women fight for their own communities’ land, forests and water. In the process, they clash against the might of the state and often risk their lives.
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The Adivasi-dominated Marda village comes under the Bhandaria block of the Garhwa district. Here, the Adivasis have been facing several cases filed by the forest department.
Several clans are irked with the lack of framing of rules under the Panchayats (Extension Schedule Area) Act even after 21 years of the state’s formation.