Clash over ‘Green Gold’: Chhattisgarh tribals to file FIR against forest official over tendu leaf collection
The official had seized tendu leaves collected by tribals which they wanted to sell on their own instead of to the government
Tribals, forest department at loggerheads over tendu leaves
Current tendu leaf collection wages seven times less than state minimum wage
Odisha tribals await forest department nod to sell kendu leaf worth Rs 34 lakh
As many as 4,000 tribal farmers of Koraput district fear their produce will be wasted if not taken to the market on time