Abstract
The Tribal women ofKashipur block said that, “even if we don't have our own land, we have the option of Podu or shifting cultivation, the green forests will give us roots, mangoes, mahua, sal leaves, flowers and seeds, hill brooms and firewood” . Against this backdrop the study seeks to analyze the leadership of the women in protecting the nahnal resources revolving around the loss of livelihood and displacement which lead to poverty, starvation and diarrhoea deaths in Kashipur block of Rayagada District in Odisha . Peoples' protests against the establishment of mining industry in Kashipur block seek to protect Jal, Jamin and Jangal (water, land and forests) . All these natural resources are the only sources of their livelihood; meanwhile, it also looks at the extent to which people are losing their basic rights to traditional livelihood resources due to the process of industrialization and development.
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