An urgent appeal to the the Chief Minister of Odisha from concerned citizens and organisations to take immediate steps to curb state violence on adivasis and dalits of Raygada and Kalahandi opposing Vedanta’s bauxite mining project. Groundxero | April 7, 2024 Even as Adivasi and Dalit communities in Odisha’s Sijimali region continue to resist the […]
Talampadar must be examined as a case that exposes the deepening nexus between state power and corporate interests, where Adivasi dissent is increasingly criminalised and structural accountability remains absent. Malika Singh Groundxero | 26 March, 2026 In the hamlets of Rayagada and Kalahandi’s Scheduled Area (Schedule V), home to Kui-speaking Kondh Adivasis, Jhodia and Paraja Adivasis, […]
The Adivasi and Dalit communities of Tijimali continue to actively resist Vedanta’s proposed bauxite mining project in the region. An update on the struggle. Groundxero | November 8, 2025 Since mid-2023, Adivasis and Dalits from Tijmali, Kuturumali, and Majhingmali—located in the Kashipur and Thuamul Rampur blocks of Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, respectively—have been actively resisting […]