A tribal hamlet surrounded by water on three sides and a forest with snakes and wild animals on the fourth, has been cut off from the rest of the population in Manivali village for the past five decades. The lockdown and the monsoon have made their lives ever worse, with tribals claiming they have not received any help in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Talyanchi Vadi, a hamlet with 60 houses and 200 people, is located 8 km from Murbad tehsil and villagers having to walk several kilometres, while carrying their sick, for medical care, or to charge their phones in a nearby village as they get electricity for only about two hours twice a week. Both the nearest village and the closest hospital is about 3 km away.