Members of the tribe contracted pneumonia and tuberculosis when they came into contact with people using the road. Social problems such as alcoholism and prostitution were also seen in the community for the first time. At one stage their population declined from almost 300 to 79. The tribe is now numbers around 200. The compensation announced on Thursday is to give the tribe's people a wage aimed at giving them a chance to regain their moral and material status.
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