 "Manisha Goswami")
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In the relentless march towards development, disempowered tribal people, fishermen and forest dwellers often find their homes and livelihoods endangered by industries, ports, roads and mines. Without access to legal guidance to fight for their rights and entitlements, such communities find themselves further unable to break out of the vicious circle of underdevelopment and poverty.
In the relentless march towards development, disempowered tribal people, fishermen and forest dwellers often find their homes and livelihoods endangered by industries, ports, roads and mines. Without access to legal guidance to fight for their rights and entitlements, such communities find themselves further unable to break out of the vicious circle of underdevelopment and poverty.
A US-based non-profit working since 2012 in some of the most backward districts of Gujarat, Odisha, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh may have a solution. By training selected local stakeholders to become “barefoot
