India, April 22 -- Telangana's Chenchu adivasis intensified resistance to forced relocation from Amrabad Tiger Reserve.

Dependent on wild foods and forest produce, they reject cash and land packages, allege coercive tactics by the forest department.

They call for authentic, consent-driven, coexistence-oriented conservation that aligns with the Wildlife Protection Act of 2006.

Members of the Chenchu tribe in Telangana's Nallamala forests submitted petitions to the chief minister April 17, 2026 against the forest department's coercive methods to relocate them from the Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Nagarkurnool district. Adivasis from Sarlapally, Vatwarlapally, Kollampenta, Rayuledupenta, Uppununtala and Kudichintalabayalu villages, along with...