Sunday, March 13, 2011

[ZESTCaste] 200 families allege not being counted

 

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-12/lucknow/28683183_1_forest-rights-act-villages-dalits

200 families allege not being counted
TNN,Mar 12, 2011, 12.45am IST

LUCKNOW: Over 200 families of dalits and tribals, who are taking
shelter in tehsil premises of Sonbhadra after being uprooted from
their villages, have lodged complaint with the state administration
that they have been left out from the 2011 Census.

These families belong to Magardah and Bhaisyatola villages. They have
filed for land entitlement under Forest Rights Act, but were forced to
evict their villages by forest mafia, who allegedly damaged their
crops and houses.

Since February 28, the tribals and dalits are taking refuge in the
tehsil premises.

Alleging that the district administration has not counted them in the
2011 Census, they said that this will deny them their forest rights.
The matter was also brought to the notice of three-member delegation
of NC Saxena Forest Rights Committee formed by the Centre. The
committee members had pulled up district officials for not providing
relief to displaced people.

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