The tribes of Gudisa grassland and the Forest Department are at loggerheads over throwing open Andhra Pradesh’s only grassland destination for tourists in the Maredumilli forest cover in Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) district.
Spread over hundreds of acres, the grassland on the Gudisa hill range is inhibited by the tribes of Konda Reddi, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), and Valmiki. The grassland is located nearly 40 km from Maredumilli.
Early this year, the Forest Department had banned entry into the grassland citing unregulated tourism activities, including night stay that poses a threat to the unique grassland ecosystem and the tribes.
