Rally in Kanker demanding improvement in NREGA and FRA

Bhan Sahu is reporting from Kanker that a rally was organised in Bhanupratappur area under the banner of Jan Van Adhikar Manch demanding better implementation of NREGA and Forest Rights act. Under NREGA people are not getting 100 days work and in FRA they are getting ownership for less land than what they are applying for. She reports that liquor mafia is misusing the permission given to tribals to brew liquor and there is a rally on 2nd October to protest that. Jan Van Adhikar manch is planning for a bigger rally in October to press for similar demands

Posted on: Sep 13, 2010. Tags: BHAN SAHU NREGA

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