150 of us applied for Forest Rights in 2008, Only 8 have got, Applying again

Jagdish Ji in Rewa MP is visiting a forest village called Gadhbhoi in Sohaval panchayat where 150 Adivasi and Dalit families live. They tell him that all of them applied for land deeds under forest rights act in 2008 but only 8 of them got land deeds. All the dalit families are living on the forest land from more than 3 generations as required by the law. They do not know why they got rejected. They are applying again. For more Jagdishji can be reached at 9893905883

Posted on: Jul 07, 2013. Tags: FOREST JAGDISH

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