TIKAPUR, Jan. 9 -- The Badi community has expressed serious dissatisfaction over the government's failure to implement the deals it made with them a decade ago. The government had then agreed to provide them land and take necessary measures to ensure the community's well being.

"Though we are fighting for the last 10 years, the government has not fulfilled its promises," said Uma Devi Badi, who has been leading the protests since the beginning. "In lack of opportunities, many of our women are still into the profession, they have not been able to come out of it," she added.

To draw the attention of the government over the issue, the Badi community recently organized a program in Lamki. During the program, the participants urged the gover...