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Pavitri Manjhi
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Pavitri Manjhi is a human rights activist and the sarpanch of Bhengari Village in Chhattisgarh. She was given the Chingari Award in 2016 for contributions to the struggle for Adivasi land rights. Activism Pavitri Manjhi is an Indigenous human rights activist from Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh. She was elected as the Sarpanch of Bhengari village in 2012. She has been in forefront contesting the issue of unlawful land dispossession in and around her village. Pavitri Manjhi and other activists set up the Adivasi Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh in 2017, a community group that supports individuals to file formal complaints in line with the provisions of India, a special law to protect Dalit and Adivasi rights that criminalizes the dispossession of Adivasi land without their consent Threats and intimidation Pavitri Manjhi has alleged that officials from TRN Energy threatened her with dire consequences for not giving an NoC (No Objection Certificate) on behalf of the gram sabha. Her sons have been allegedly framed in false cases in 2014. Awards In 2016, the Chingari Trust, an NGO located in Bhopal, presented the "Chingari Award” to Manjhi and five other activists for protesting against corporate crime and defending Adivasi land rights.<ref name":1" /><ref name":0" /> 
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