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They said that the villagers had resorted to illegal clearing of the forest for podu cultivation as they were upset by the inordinate delay in relocating their village. The villagers wanted to get benefits from government welfare schemes, which were being denied to them. DC Image

Forest dept. staff urged to get back to work

HYDERABAD: All forest department officials should return to full duties and get back to protecting forests, which is...

26 Nov 2022 6:42 PM

Reports are also that forest officials are making moves against giving pattas to the podu lands cultivated by non-tribals. (DC Photo)

Gram sabhas clear podu land applications in officialsâ€™ absence

KHAMMAM: Neither forest nor revenue officials are moving back from their stand on the podu land issue in Khammam and...

25 Nov 2022 7:45 PM

Though the state government has repeatedly said that it will address once and for all the issue of podu lands and provide some kind of pattas to the claimants, it might not be as simple as it sounds. (DC file photo)

State warned 4 years ago of serious violence over podu pattas

HYDERABAD: The Telangana state government, facing the ire of the state forest department officials and their families...

24 Nov 2022 8:19 PM

Though the state government has repeatedly said that it will address once and for all the issue of podu lands and provide some kind of pattas to the claimants, it might not be as simple as it sounds. (DC file photo)

Amid podu land survey, clash of villagers for right on land

The people of two villages clashed over podu lands and sprinkled mirchi powder against each other and fought with sticks...

31 Oct 2022 6:26 PM

Forest officials booked cases against seven adivasi women. (Sc

Stopped tribals from grabbing land: TS Forest dept.

Eight adivasi women and two women forest staff were injured in clashes at Koya Poshaguda in Dandepally

9 July 2022 9:57 PM

As many as 15,558 claims on 53,566 acres of forest land under Podu by tribals were pending with the state government. (DC file photo)

Podu cultivators and forest staff clash over rights on podu lands

Agree that state government can only resolve the podu land issue

8 July 2022 11:51 PM

Telangana state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar. (DC Image)

Give podu land pattas: Bandi

HYDERABAD: BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday asked the state government to distribute pattas for Podu...

8 July 2022 11:00 PM

A local forest beat officer (FBO) Sirisha, who was pregnant, was attacked with a stick in Utpalli village in Kagaznagar mandal. The villagers are upset as they were not allowed into the forest for collecting firewood and cattle grazing. Representational image/DC

Women staff worried as forest wing gears up for Haritha Haram in podu...

There are allegations that senior officers were pushing women employees to the field whenever villagers staged a protest

27 March 2022 3:24 AM