Illegal displacement of tribals

Illegal displacement of tribal s

Date-13-8-2008

On 12th August forest department has displace about 15 tribals families from their occupied land which is in-possession of their, from long generations. Forest department destroyed crops and beaten to children's and women, forest employees in command of ACF rank officer reached to Hayla village, which is in Ggunda block of Udaipur district, along with police protection to displace villagers. Before displacement they did not issued any legal notice, and illegally displaced. According to forest right recocnization

act 2006,before the physical verifications of FRC (forest right committee) approval of gramsabha, examinee of sub divisional and district level committee, displacement can not be done.

This is not first time, unending displacement is continued since 1980 and every year in rainy season forest department intentionally displaced and destroyed their crops. Poor tribals who haven't any other source of survival are facing false charges of encroachment and so many times they had gone jail about it. Thus tribals are getting economical lose and facing food scarcity. Tribal department is responsible for implementation of this act is not taking any solid action against forest department. On12th August Jungle Jameen Jan Andolan has given a memorandum to additional tribal commissioner about illegal displacement.

Behalf of the memorandum additional tribal commissioner issued a notice to forest department and warned that it should be not done over again.

Last 25th July during the agitation of jungle jameen jan andolan Tribal commissioner given a written assurance about to prevent illegal displacement and properly implementations of forest right act. But forest department is still not agreed about it and disobeying to all orders and provisions. After this illegal displacement affected tribals went to police station to lodge FIR but police did not accept their report. This is very important to mention here that physical verification by the FRC is under process, FRC has given in written to forest department already about this process. Some claims are pending at gramsbha level for further procedure.

More then 15 tribal farmers has been affected due to illegal displacement.

Name of affected tribal families

1- Baburam s/o Punaram

2- Nagaram s/o Thawraram

3- Mohanlal s/o Punaram

4- Pancharam s/o Ngaram

5- Baburam s/o Bhagaran

6- Devaram s/o Somaram

7- Ditaram s/o Gamaram

8- Motilal s/o Jetaram

9- Lakharam

And some other tribals are also including in it.

Jungle jameen jan andolan has condemn in a press release about this atrocity and demand stop the displacement and compensation for affected families.

yours

the gurjar