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Article: 500 DAYS OF STRUGGLE, AND CONTINUING, IN KERALA

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December 16, 2008
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Sudeshna Sarkar

Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication.

Pathanamthitta (Kerala), Dec. 16 -- (IANS) With Tuesday dawning, the struggle of close to 5,000 landless tribals continues and reaches the 500 day mark at a rubber estate in Chengara near here.

Since August 2007, the landless tribals have been staying in tents pitched in the Kumbazha rubber estate of Harrisons Malayalam Ltd (HML).

The tribals formed a Sadhu Jana Vimocha Samyukta Vedi (SJVSV) led by Laha Gopalan and have been demanding land from the government.

But 170 families of plantation workers who have lost their livelihood due to the occupation of the estate are opposing them and staging another ...

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