The Muria and Koya tribes living in Chintoor Agency of Alluri Sitharama Raju district in Andhra Pradesh are reeling under water scarcity as the streams on which they are dependent have gone dry.
The Murias who fled from the Naxal-hit Chhattisgarh during the conflict between the Maoists and State-sponsored Salwa Judum before 2012 settled in the Chintoor Agency.
The tribal pockets along the 25-km stretch of dense forests between Chandravanka stream and Edugurallapalli on the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border are facing severe water shortage. The Murias have built their settlements near streams running through the forests.
