Let down in ‘letter’ and spirit, tribals live as encroachers on forest land

SANAVVER SHAFI   Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh:  Ratan Singh (55) of Lamaniya village in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district owns eight acres of forest land under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006. For proof of ownership, he has a letter given to him by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan himself, he says. The irony is that the … Continue reading Let down in ‘letter’ and spirit, tribals live as encroachers on forest land