India Coronavirus Dispatch: How the lockdown upended Adivasi

India Coronavirus Dispatch: How the lockdown upended Adivasi communities


India’s unplanned lockdown unleashed fresh hell for its Adivasis
The lockdown imposed in March took the general public by surprise and several sections of society were reeling from it for months. The Adivasis and other forest-dwelling communities, which at 104 million individuals make up 8.6% of the population, were particularly hard hit.
Since the Adivasi communities live in remote areas, information about the disease was not adequately available, to begin with. These communities who have been marginalised in terms of access to healthcare were badly hit as Covid-19 impacts people with compromised health conditions and low immunity. A complete lockdown, restricted entry to forests and closed markets are all factors that have increased their vulnerability as they depend on the forests for their livelihoods and several other purposes. The absence of government support worsens their position, the writer of the article says.

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