“We did not want to be rehabilitated in a 220sq ft flat outside our forest. It was as if we had neither a village nor a country...Our financial difficulties have made us pick up the sickle, shovel & broom,but drop the brush,”says Shamu Barap,a #Warli resident of SGNP in Borivali. 
Adjoining #AareyForest, the #Warlis who have lived in the Sanjay Gandhi National park too fear being uprooted. For decades,they have lived without adequate water or other facilities, fearing relocation. In this struggle for a livelihood, they have lost their distinctive #art.
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