Muria Tribe | 30 Apr 2024
Why in News?
Muria Tribe, living in the border areas between Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Chhattisgarh are possessing voter cards of both the States, one is to exercise their franchise and the other is for references and proof of their nativity.
Key Points
- The settlement is in India's Red Corridor on the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border, affected by Naxalism. It is an oasis within a reserved forest, protected by strict laws against settlement and deforestation.
- The Muria settlements are home to around 6,600 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in AP. The native tribes refer to the Murias here as 'Gutti Koyas'.
- This Tribe was displaced during the conflict between Maoists and Salwa Judum.
- The Muria are an indigenous Adivasi, scheduled tribe Dravidian community of the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. They are part of the Gondi people.
Salwa Judum
- It is a group of tribal persons mobilized for resistance against outlawed armed naxalites.The group was reportedly backed by government machinery in Chhattisgarh.
- In 2011, Supreme Court of India ruled against arming civilians in this manner banned Salwa-Judum and directed Chhattisgarh government to disband any militia force founded to combat Maoist guerrillas.
Internally Displaced People (IDPs)
- IDPs are persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognised border.