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Unified by new outfit, Muthuvan tribal people rise up for their rights

The New Indian Express Kozhikode

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January 21, 2025

FOR generations, they stayed ignorant about their rights. Despite lacking basic, infrastructural and medical facilities, members of the Muthuvan tribe, inhabiting the forest ranges of Idukki, hardly raised their voices simply due to ignorance.

- NEJMA SULAIMAN @Idukki

However, the formation of 'Adivasi Muthuvan Samudaya Sangram' (AMSS), a first-of-its-kind outfit working for the Muthuvan tribe in the state, a few months ago is bringing a change in their lives by inspiring them to unite and protest against the denial of their rights.

Hundreds of Muthuvan tribal people from Swamiyaralakudi, Valsapetty, Kudalar and Vayalthara settlements in Vattavada panchayat decided to protest in front of the Labour Contract Cooperative Society in Adimaly under the leadership of the AMSS on Monday against the two-year delay in constructing the 230-m-long road stretch from Chilanthiyar to their tribal settlements. The protest was later postponed to February 1, but the message was sent.

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