Used to till forest land from 3 generations, Came rights act and land is gone!

Jagdish Ji with Land rights cycle Yatra in Jaba block of Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh has reached village Manari today. There he meets a widow called Dukhiya. She tells him that they were farming a forest land from last 3 generations. Then forest rights act came in 2006. Govt came with computers to measure the land and then the land was snatched by some powerful people. She complained to police but there is no action. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883

Posted on: Oct 31, 2012. Tags: FOREST JAGDISH LAND

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