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THE DEATH of the malnourished children in Dongiriguda has brought into focus the plight of the thousands of poverty-stricken Adivasis living in disparate settlements in Orissa. Without any entitlement except voting rights, they live life bereft of all basic facilities that millions enjoy in urban areas. They manage with a few clothes and a small thatched hut. All those living in these non-revenue villages still do not have BPL (below the poverty line) cards that help the poor get rice at a subsidised rate and a dwelling unit under the Indira Awas Yojana. The plight of these Adivasis remains unchanged because the Government treats them as encroachers on forest land. In fact, many of these Adivasis, who have been living in their hamlets for decades together, have become encroachers without their knowledge.
According to official figures, in Nawrangpur district there are at least 87 hamlets within the reserve forest limits. Only 24 of them have been identified as existing before 1980 when the Forest Conservation Act came into force.
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