Bonda Tribe - Bio Gas

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The Bonda tribe is one of the most primitive tribes in India. They live in Bonda Hills in Khairput block of Malkangiri District, Orissa. They are divided into Upper and Lower Bondas. The traditional and primary occupation of the Bonda tribe is paddy cultivation. They also engage in gleaning of seasonal forest products, hunting, fishing, animal husbandry.

Currently the community depends on forest wood for cooking. Such traditional cooking practices and prolonged exposure to smoke leads to serious and fatal health complications. Apart from this, with increasing population, the stress on the neighbouring jungles is drastically increasing.

The aim of this initiative is to introduce and establish biogas as an eco-friendly, healthy alternative to burning forest wood for cooking and other household purposes to Bonda tribe.

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