‘Restore land to tribals; allow them to be self-reliant’

K K Usha Raju took charge as president of Attappady block in Kerala seven months ago. She is 31 years old and belongs to Muduga tribal community. …

Tamil Nadu to provide medical help to tribals of Attappady

Kerala and Tamil Nadu hold secretary-level talks to arrange for patients to be referred to Coimbatore Medical College

The land betrayal

Attappady's tribals have been alienated from their land by settlers as well as the government. This is the root cause of their poor health status …

Malnutrition caused infant deaths in Attappady, Kerala minister tells Assembly

But, in report to Centre, state denies malnutrition as the reason behind infant mortality in tribal block

Essential healthcare services failed in Attappady: UNICEF

Doctors and staff at health centres, tribal hospital not following protocol for emergency maternal and new born care; essential drugs missing

Infant deaths continue in Attappady

As advisor to prime minister visits the tribal block panchayat, activists demand special care for pregnant adivasi women

Sinking in illicit liquor

Most men in tribal hamlets spend all their wages on hooch and women are doomed to shoulder the burden of their families

Victims of development

Schemes launched by the government in Attappady have reduced the area’s tribals to wage labourers and has disempowered them

Criminal neglect takes toll on Attappady tribes

30 infants die in five months as result of malnutrition; rural development minister announces Rs 125 crore package

Displaced by settlers: Tribal communities in Kerala’s Attappady block are being alienated from their land

Laws in place to protect their rights, but no means to enforce it

Why death stalks infants of Kerala's lone tribal block

ICAR to launch tuber crops scheme in Attappady

Kerala chief minister claims it will provide food and livelihood security of tribals

Healthcare services for adivasis in a shambles

Pregnant, anaemic, adivasi women do not even get iron tablets

Why potato's cousins remain neglected

Tubers come in all shapes, sizes and colours, and pack quite a punch

Anganwadis in Attappady fail to deliver

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General points to neglect by state