Marginalised Yanadi and Chenchu communities in Andhra Pradesh struggle for land
The Yanadi and Chenchu indigenous communities in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, are living in extreme poverty on a burial ground. Despite their proximity to urban development, they lack basic amenities and face constant pressure from landowners to vacate their makeshift shelters.
Why it matters
It highlights the stark socio-economic divide and the systemic marginalization of tribal communities in India's rapidly urbanizing regions.
On one side lies the bustle of Poranki Centre in Vijayawada city, where gridlocked traffic, thriving shops, and a sprawling residential colony dictate the rhythms of everyday life. On the other, about 40 Yanadi families are living in a world completely detached from urban civilisation. Though separated by barely a few kilometres, the true distance between these two worlds is measured in their access to education, healthcare, secure livelihoods, and basic amenities.
Poranki, a prominent neighbourhood within the Penamaluru mandal of the Vijayawada revenue division, contains pockets where contrasting realities exist side by side. In Prabhu Nagar, a spacious residential area reached by a narrow lane branching off the main thoroughfare, the contrast becomes stark just beyond a pre-primary Anganwadi centre.
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