India, March 16 -- Villagers from Lanjiberna in Odisha's Sundargarh district are waging a last-ditch struggle in the Supreme Court of India to stop corporate sabotage of Scheduled Area laws and tribal rights over their ancestral lands, which are not only their livelihoods and homes but also home to sacred groves and a church.

Over 450 households across 263 acres face displacement risks, as mine blasting pollutes the air and water and causes respiratory issues. Patta lands in the villages of Kukuda, Alanda, Kesramal, Jhagarpur and Kathang support pulse farming, central to the livelihoods of Oraon, Kisan, and Kharia tribals - many of them Christian converts reliant on agriculture and forest produce.

Women bear added burdens, children miss...