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A tribal man walking along the road at Manuguru in Telangana, a 2014 picture. Notifying Manuguru as a municipality has resulted in the local gram panchayat losing the powers to protect the customs and cultural identity of tribal people.

Tribal panchayats in protected areas being illegally converted to municipalities

The story of Manuguru in eastern Telangana tells us how this sleight of hand is worked.
Anmol Gupta,Jeff Joseph
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