Until March last, members of the Konda Dora and Konda Reddi tribes had lived together in their ancestral habitation, Seetaram, in the Polavaram project submerged area in Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) district.
Later, many among the 70 families of the habitation had left for safer places fearing submergence, while others were rehabilitated in the Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) Colonies.
While ploughing the fertile lands and raising crops were their avocation, celebrating the local festivals together was a part of their social fabric.
