The battle over land, identity, and resources in Odisha has entered a new phase.
Thousands of tribals gathered in Koraput, raising their voice against forceful mining, land acquisition, and demanding cancellation of 45 proposed bauxite mining projects.
Their message is clear: Development cannot come at the cost of displacement.
The demand is now louder than ever: Implement PESA. Respect Gram Sabhas. Listen before extracting.
Who decides the future of tribal land — corporations, governments, or the communities living on it?
#Odisha #Koraput #TribalRights #PESA #Mining #Bauxite
They call it development.
The hills call it survival.”
On the walls of a tribal home in Sijhimali, Rayagada, Odisha — resistance has found its canvas.
A mural that says more than a thousand press releases ever could.
This isn’t just wall art.
It is a warning.
A protest.
A people refusing to disappear.
While mining giants Vedanta and Adani eye the bauxite-rich hills, Adivasi communities continue to stand their ground to protect their jal, jangal, zameen — water, forests and land.
Who pays the real price of “development”?
And why are those protecting nature treated like enemies?
Sijhimali is speaking.
Is India listening?
#Sijhimali #Rayagada #Odisha #AdivasiLivesMatter #SaveSijhimali #StopMining #Vedanta #Adani #TribalRights #EnvironmentalJustice
Salute to this fearless woman standing alone against the mighty police force while explosions for coal mining continue in the background. This is the real face of resistance. This is real #NariShakti.
Women from more than 200 families are protesting against forceful land acquisition and eviction by Nalco and Mytri companies for coal mining projects in Odisha.
The govt-corporate nexus has turned the lives of tribals and local communities in mineral-rich regions into a nightmare. Yet, women are rising, resisting, and leading the struggle across Odisha’s mining belts.
Development cannot be built on displacement, fear, and destruction of livelihoods.
#Odisha #SaveTribalLand #StopForcedEviction #CoalMining #MiningResistance #AdivasiLivesMatter #LandRights #WomenLeadResistance #CorporateLoot #EnvironmentalJustice #HumanRights #NariShakti #India
This is not an ordinary protest. This is tribal uprising from the hills of Kalahandi against Vedanta and Adani’s Bauxite mining plan.
At Kerapai, thousands of Adivasi women and men packed the protest site shoulder-to-shoulder under scorching heat, raising slogans and holding handwritten placards against the Vedanta-Adani bauxite mining plans for Sijhimali and Kutrumali hills.
The visuals are striking — rows upon rows of tribal women sitting resolutely on the ground, many carrying traditional scarves and sticks, refusing to surrender their jal, jangal, zameen to corporate mining interests. The sheer scale of the gathering shows the depth of anger brewing against the Mohan Majhi govt.
The BJP govt’s tribal CM experiment in Odisha is beginning to unravel.
BJP may have believed that projecting a tribal CM would make it easier to hand over Odisha’s mineral-rich hills to mining giants. But the ground reality is exploding in the opposite direction.
Kalahandi and Raygada have sent a loud warning: tribal voices cannot be erased for corporate profit.
#Kalahandi #Odisha #Adivasi #TribalRights #SaveSijhimali #Kutrumali #Vedanta #Adani #Mining #JalJangalZameen
More than 50 days.
That’s how long farmers in Western Odisha have been on strike. Pathetic, Media silent, Political parties silent, t
Their demand is simple: procurement of paddy.
Their reality: crops waiting, incomes stalled, uncertainty growing.
When those who feed the country are forced to protest this long, it’s not just a policy delay—it’s a systemic failure that needs urgent attention.
Farmers don’t need promises. They need action. Now.
#WesternOdisha #FarmersProtest #PaddyProcurement #SupportFarmers #Odisha #AgricultureCrisis #FoodSecurity #RuralIndia #FarmersFirst
Farmers don’t need promises. They need action. Now.
A country and a state have failed her. Even in death, she was not allowed to rest in peace.
They raised torches in the name of Nari Shakti Vandan, celebrated slogans, and claimed victory for women’s dignity. But in a remote village of Odisha, a poor tribal woman was denied dignity even after death. Her skeleton taken to a bank for KYC formalities.
What greater shame can there be for a nation that chants respect for women, yet cannot protect the honour of a dead woman? What greater failure for a system that forces the poorest and most vulnerable to suffer even beyond death?
This is not empowerment. This is cruelty wrapped in hypocrisy.
If women’s rights are only slogans for rallies and speeches, while tribal women are abandoned in life and dishonoured in death, then every claim of justice stands exposed.
#Keonjhar #Odisha #TribalRights #WomensDignity #NariShakti #JusticeForWomen #HumanityFirst #BJP #WomenReservationBill #India
A heartbreaking story from Keonjhar has shaken Odisha.
Jeetu Munda, a poor villager from Mallipashi, lost his sister two months ago. ₹19,300 remained in her bank account. He reportedly made repeated visits to withdraw the money for urgent needs, but was told the account holder must come in person to sign.
He kept explaining that she had died. No one listened.
Left helpless by an insensitive system, he allegedly brought his sister’s skeletal remains to the bank just to prove the truth.
Think about that.
When rules are bent for corruption, files move fast. But when the poor need dignity, compassion and common sense, the system becomes rigid.
This is not just one man’s tragedy. It is a mirror to governance, banking accountability and how India often treats its most vulnerable citizens.
Odisha deserves answers. Who failed Jeetu Munda? And how many more suffer silently every day?
Humanity should never require proof in bones. #Odisha #Keonjhar #Justice #BankingReform
Shocking. Disgraceful. Dangerous.
If this is what “electoral revision” looks like, then democracy in West Bengal is on life support.
The grandson of Nandalal Bose—the very artist who gave visual soul to India’s Constitution—finds his name erased from the voter list? Not just his, but his wife’s too? This isn’t an “error.” This reeks of systemic manipulation.
When names of ordinary citizens vanish, it’s negligence. When names tied to the legacy of the Constitution itself disappear, it’s a warning sign.
Voter lists are the backbone of democracy. Tamper with them, and you tamper with the Republic itself.
India deserves answers. Bengal deserves accountability. Not excuses. Not silence.
#WestBengal #VoterList #DemocracyAtRisk #ElectionIntegrity #SIR