Jamuna Tudu

Jamuna Tudu is an Indian environmental activist. She and five other women prevented illegal felling of trees near her village and this later expanded into an organisation. She is called ‘Lady Tarzan’ for taking on the Timber mafias and Naxals in Jharkhand. [5]

Jamuna Tudu
in 2017
Born (1980-12-19) 19 December 1980[1]
Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India [2]
NationalityIndian
Other namesLady Tarzan
Years active1998–present [3]
Known forenvironmental activist
Spouse(s)
Mansingh Tudu
​
(m. 1998)​
[4]
Parents
  • Bagrai Murmu (father)
  • Bobyshree Murmu (mother)
AwardsPadma Shri

She is also the founder of “Van Suraksha Samiti’ which prevent illegal felling of trees near her village in Jharkhand. [6]

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Early life

Jamuna Tudu was born on 19 December 1980 in Rairangpur of, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India.[8] when she was 18 years old she decides to fight for forest and take up bows and arrows to combat and track timber mafiosi and report them to cops. [9]

Jamuna Tudu loves nature very much, her journey started in 1998. Then Jamuna reached her mother-in-law's Muturkham village in Chakulia block after her marriage. At that time the forest mafia were indiscriminately cutting down trees in the forest near Muturkham village. Seeing this condition of the forest visible from the door of the house, Jamuna decided to save the trees and hit the jungle mafia, then the process continued. Jamuna was prevented by the family from doing all this, but she set out on a campaign to unite the women of the village and save the forest. Many times they were subjected to deadly attacks,[10] but Jamuna never gave up and the decision to save the forest was upheld. [11][12]


Tudu formed "Van Suraksha Samiti' along with five other women to prevent illegal felling of trees near her village and this later expanded.[13][14][15]

Awards
  • Women Transforming India - 2017 [19]

She was a winner in the 2017 Women Transforming India awards.[15]

She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2019. She was awarded the Godfrey Phillips Bravery Award 2014.[20] She is called Lady Tarzan for taking on the Timber mafia in Jharkhand.

In 2020 it announced that she and Chami Murmu were to join forces to protect Jharkhand's forests. They were both called the Lady Tarzans in the press. Chami Murmu has 3,000 members in her organisation and together they hope to find some synergy.[21]

Mann Ki Baat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated her work in his Mann ki Baat addresses the people that Yamuna Tudu did the adventure of taking iron from the timber mafia and Naxalites. Not only did she save 50 hectares of forest from ravaging, but united 10,000 women and motivated them to protect trees and wildlife. It is great that today the villagers plant 18 trees on the birth of a child and 10 trees on the marriage of girls.[22]

References
  1. "महिला ब्रिगेड संग जंगल माफिया से लेती हैं लोहा, राष्ट्रपति से सम्मान पा चुकी हैं जमुना टुडू". Jansatta (in Hindi). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. "लकड़ी माफिया से निपट रही झारखंड की ये लेडी टार्जन". Firstpost Hindi. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. "पेड़ों की रक्षा के लिए दांव पर लगाई अपनी जान, पद्मश्री जमुना टुडू को अब दुनिया कहती है लेडी टार्जन". News18 India. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. "पर्यावरण संरक्षण के संकल्प ने गांव की बहू को दिलाया वन रत्न सम्मान : यमुना". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 30 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  5. "Lady Tarzan ready for bigger challenge". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. "Meet Padma Shri Jamuna Tudu: 'Lady Tarzan' Of Jharkhand Forests". KalingaTV. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  7. Mohan, Shriya. "She came, she saw, she saved". @businessline. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  8. "Bollywood discovers Chakulia's Lady Tarzan". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  9. "Independence Day: इन 5 आदिवासी महिला कार्यकर्ताओं ने उठाई बुलंद आवाज, 'आजादी' के सही अर्थ से कराया रूबरू". News18 India. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  10. "How a tribal woman took on a forest mafia and won". OnManorama. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  11. "Lady Tarzan Jamuna Tudu who takes on timber mafia". Indian Express. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  12. "जंगल बचेगा तो पृथ्वी सुरक्षित रहेगा : यमुना टुडू". livehindustan.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  13. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards ,Government of India. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  14. "Jamuna Tudu and her team protect the jungle around her village from the forest mafia". Srijani Ganguly. India Today. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  15. "Women Transforming India Awards 2017: Meet the 12 incredible winners who transformed India". Financial Express. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  16. "झारखंड की चार हस्तियों को पद्मश्री पुरस्कार". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  17. "Women Transforming India - Jamuna Tudu" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  18. "This Tribal Lady & Her Band Saved 50 Hectares of Forests for 20 Years!". The Better India. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  19. "Women Transforming India - NITI Aayog" (PDF). niti.gov.in.
  20. Kh, Tara; elwal (2017-10-18). "Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Lawrence Talk About Sexual Harassment". SheThePeople TV. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  21. "Green warriors to join forces". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  22. "मन की बात कार्यक्रम में झारखंड की जमुना टू डू के द्वारा किए गए कार्यों की सराहना". Retrieved 7 September 2019.
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