Chenchu Adivasis Resist Forced Relocation from Telangana’s Amrabad Tiger Reserve
Members of the Chenchu tribe in Telangana’s Nallamala forests submitted petitions to the chief minister April 17, 2026 against the forest department’s coercive methods to relocate them from the Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Nagarkurnool district. Adivasis from Sarlapally, Vatwarlapally, Kollampenta, Rayuledupenta, Uppununtala and Kudichintalabayalu villages, along with activists, have also been writing to several central…