Fwd: Forest and land rights movements and the way forward : Two-Day National Consultation on Land and Forest Rights Movements Concludes (Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan)

[Jai Sen]

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

India in movement…, Forest dwellers in movement…

[Based on the text below : A two-day all-India consultation organised in New Delhi by the Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan (Land Rights Movement) has just concluded, in the backdrop of the infamous ruling by the Supreme Court of India in February 2019 that decreed the eviction of millions of forest dwellers in the country and thus poses both the danger of destruction and immediate eviction of these peoples and also the annulment of the historic Forest Rights Act (The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006) that had been gained after decades of struggle and that for the first time recognised the rights and roles of forest dwelling communities in the life and preservation of forests.  The amendment that has subsequently been recently proposed by the government of India to the earlier and separate colonial Indian Forests Act 1927 has only strengthened these efforts, and on the ground, the attempts by the government’s forest department to capture the forests and to evict the forests dwellers have escalated, again.    

[I am here posting both what is perhaps the original Press Release by the Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan – further on below, in both Hindi and English -, and also a somewhat better formatted version in English alone that has been circulated by one of the co-organisers of the consultation, the Delhi Solidarity Group.  

[What is now opening up in India is nothing less than a historic struggle for the future – and here, led by mass movements :

Forest and land rights movements and the way forward

Two-Day National Consultation on Land and Forest Rights Movements Concludes

Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan

            In solidarity !

            JS

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Two-Day National Consultation on Land and Forest Rights Movements Conclude

• All India protest action and assertion of forests rights by movements on July 22nd  
• Government should withdraw the Forest Amendment Act and effectively implement Forest Rights Act
• A joint protest by forests and land rights movements at Sansad marg, New Delhi on 28th November.

 

New Delhi, 2 July 2019 : Two-Day national consultation of Land and Forest Rights Movements organised by Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan concluded at the Assam Association in Delhi. The conference witnessed the participation of more than 200 representatives of the community organisations from 12 states of the country.

 

The movements working on the forest and land Rights and for implementation of FRA declared that millions of Adivasis and other traditional forest dwelling communities are facing the danger of eviction due to the Supreme Court rules on 13th February, 2019. The order says that if the claims of the tribal people under the FRA are rejected, then the State should evict them from the forests. The lawyers of the Union government were absent when the matter came up for hearing and woke up from its deep slumber only after a lot of agitation. Then after the Supreme Court amended its ruling and stayed it til 10th July, 2019. It is still unclear that how evictions can be justified on the basis of rejection of claims. Since we know that no community can be legally evicted from its “independent habitat” and definitely not from any other area without their free and informed consent. It is also worth mentioning that there is no provision of rejection in the Forest Rights Act.

 

The meeting noted that Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Acts, 2006, also known as Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA) is the first important forest law which recognizes the historical injustice incurred upon the forest-dependent communities and schedules tribes. The grassroots endeavours, pan-India struggles of the forest-dependent communities and others paved the way for this historical law which accommodated the rights of the Adivasis and other traditional forest-dwellers in the ambit of the laws for the citizens of the country. Most of the people classified as Forest-dwellers in India belong to the Schedules Tribes (ST), non-notified Adivasis, Dalits and vulnerable poor communities who are occupationally dependent on sustainable agriculture, cattle rearing, fisheries and collection of other forest-produce and therefore, rely on land and forest for their livelihood. Women have been ensured equal rights in the FRA. Along with this reality, many forest-dwelling communities in India believe that those forests are better preserved where the communities are closely connected to the forests by means of their traditional custom. The states however continue to displace people which affects the biodiversity and has taken away their livelihoods.

 

It also agreed that the there is a lack of political will amongst governments when it comes to the implementation of the FRA. Most of the parties made promises in its manifesto to protect the rights of the forest-dwellers under the guarantee of Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Acts, 2006. However, until today  few communities have been given their due rights and are still facing eviction, threats and violence and are regularly terrorized by the forest department and the feudal powers. It only says the anti adivasi and anti forest community character of the governments.

 

The movements working on the Forest Rights Act and its implementation strongly believe that it is very important to comprehensively evaluate the situation in order to address the relevant issues and formulate and understand an adequate strategy. The government is constantly emphasizing on the new amendments under the Forests Act of India. At this juncture, it is not possible to work in seclusion and it is imperative for all the struggles to come together. To that effect a coordination committee was formed for coordination action all over the country.

 

Major points emerging from the Two-Day National Consultation

The two-day national consultation was organized in the backdrop of the Supreme Court ruling that came in February which posed a danger of destruction of immediate eviction of tribes and complete annulment of the Forest Rights Act. Meanwhile, the proposed amendment of Indian Forests Act, 1927 has strengthened these efforts and the attempts to capture the forests and the forests dwellers by the forest department have escalated, again.

This is the immediate context of the discourse but the fact which largely emerged was that the Indian ruling class is totally in the fists of national and the international capital, and whose gigantic might was on display in just concluded General Elections.

In the coming days, the corporate attacks on water, forests and land are going to become even more frequent. The slogan of ‘Land to the tillers’ has now changed to ‘Land to the corporations’. The whole focus of the government is on robbing off the wealth from the hands of the capitalists and transferring it to the capitalists. The industrial corridors, Sagarmala, Bharatmala, Bullet Train, Smart Cities, large ports, expressways, and highways are some examples where all the measures have been adopted to transfer their whole profit to the capitalist class. A major challenge before the people’s struggles today is the absence of a strong opposition in the parliament. It is the need of the hour that we go beyond agitating on streets and the politics of demands and focus on generating a collective public awareness which can stand against the burgeoning Fascism and capitalism. Today we are confronted with the challenge to protest the democracy and fight against confusion, fear and hunger- and the people’s movements have to be ready to fight this.

The main points and proposals emerging from the discussions are as follows:

1. The House rejects the proposed amendments to the Indian Forest Act, 1927 and demands that the Forest Rights Act be enforced effectively. The movements have demanded for years that Forest Act, 1927 should be changed and therefore, the organizations present in the House will prepare a new draft for this law.  

2. The government has understood that the Gram Sabha is the strongest weapon in the hands of the community in this country and thus, it is trying its best to take its powers away in a strategic manner by means of amendments and ordinances. We should prepare to strengthen Gram Sabha. This need was clearly demonstrated in the struggle against Adani in Bastar.

3. Today, the largest threat to the Adivasis dwelling in the forests of the country is from the state violence because the people fighting for their rights under FRA from Kerala to Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and many other states are being arrested in the name of being Maoists and are being tortured. The House saluted the struggle of the comrades locked in jails and condemned the government oppressions.
   
   

4. The claims made under the Forest Rights Act were rejected by various ways in a planned manner. At some places, the act was not accepted at all and even today billions of Adivasis and forest dweller families are landless and wealth-less.

5. There is a situation of confusion created due to separate parallel processes of land and forests rights settlements by the government since 1996. More clarity is required from the government and the Courts regarding this.

Proposed future programs and plans:

1. Programmes and protest actions condemning the government actions, forest act amendments will be organized on 22nd July at the village, block, district and state level.  
2. The chief ministers of the country will be appealed in person or by letter to present the case in favour of the Forest Rights Act and the Adivasis in the Supreme Court.
3. It was also decided to intervene collectively in the ongoing case in the Supreme Court.
4. It was also agreed that movements will intensify their solidarity to ongoing struggles on the ground and facilitate exchange and learning from each others struggle.
5. Reach out to the progressive and SC/ST MPs of the ruling party and the opposition to inform them of FRA and other laws and our approach to the issue.  

6. A committee was also formed to monitor the new measures, tactics employed, changes in the laws and other issues regarding the loot of the resources and then disseminate this information to the grassroots movements in simple language.

7. A massive demonstration jointly organised by land and forest rights movements in Delhi would be organised on Sansad Marg, Delhi on 28th November.

 

The representatives from All India Union of Forest Working People  (AIUFWP), National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), Adivasi Adhikar Manch, Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha (Canning Lane), Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Mahasabha, Shoshit Jan Andolan, Sarvhara Jan Andolan, Bharat Jan Andolan, Jindabad Sangathan, Kashtakari Sangathan, Adivasi Aikya Vedike (Kerala), Lok Mukti Sangathan, Sarv Adivasi Sangathan, Dantewada, Tribal Foundation of Chhattisgarh, Baigam Tribal Development, Wardha, Gond Mahasabha Chhattisgarh, Bundelkhand Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, Saharaiya Jan Adhikar Manch, Delhi Solidarity Group, Himdhara, Patha Dalit Adhikar Manch attended the conference.

 

Regards

Comrade Jitendra Chaudhray (Adivasi Adhikar Manch), Comrade Hannan Mollah Prem Singh (Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan), Roma, Ashok Chaudhary (All India Union of Forestry Working People), Madhuresh KUmar (National Alliance of People’s Movements) Shweta, Sanjeev Kumar, Anil Verghese (Delhi Solidarity Group)

 

Contact for more information:
9911528696 | 9958797409 | 9818905316

bhumiadhi...@yahoo.com

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Sanjeev Kumar
Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch (DASAM)
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Phone: +91 1143305316 
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PRESS NOTE

BHOOMI ADHIKAR ANDOLAN

Two-Day National Consultation on Land and Forest Rights Movements Conclude

● All India protest action and assertion of forests rights by movements on July 22nd

● Government should withdraw the Forest Amendment Act and effectively implement Forest Rights Act

● A joint protest by forests and land rights movements at Sansad marg, New Delhi on 28th November. New Delhi, 2 July 2019: Two-Day national consultation of Land and Forest Rights Movements organised by Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan concluded at the Assam Association in Delhi.

The conference witnessed the participation of more than 200 representatives of the community organisations from 12 states of the country. The movements working on the forest and land Rights and for implementation of FRA declared that millions of Adivasis and other traditional forest dwelling communities are facing the danger of eviction due to the Supreme Court rules on 13th February, 2019. The order says that if the claims of the tribal people under the FRA are rejected, then the State should evict them from the forests. The lawyers of the Union government were absent when the matter came up for hearing and woke up from its deep slumber only after a lot of agitation. Then after the Supreme Court amended its ruling and stayed it til 10th July, 2019. It is still unclear that how evictions can be justified on the basis of rejection of claims. Since we know that no community can be legally evicted from its “inde-pendent habitat” and definitely not from any other area without their free and informed consent. It is also worth mentioning that there is no provision of rejection in the Forest Rights Act. The meeting noted that Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Acts, 2006, also known as Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA) is the first important forest law which recognizes the historical injustice incurred upon the forest-dependent communities and schedules tribes. The grassroots endeavors, pan-India struggles of the forest-dependent communities and others paved the way for this historical law which accommodated the rights of the Adivasis and other traditional forest-dwellers in the ambit of the laws for the citizens of the country. Most of the people classified as Forest-dwellers in India belong to the Schedules Tribes (ST), non-notified Adivasis, Dalits and vulnerable poor communities who are occupationally dependent on sustainable agriculture, cattle rearing, fisheries and collection of other forest-produce and therefore, rely on land and forest for their livelihood. Women have been ensured equal rights in the FRA. Along with this reality, many forest-dwelling communities in India believe that those forests are better preserved where the communities are closely connected to the forests by means of their traditional custom. The states however continue to displace people which will affect the biodiversity and has taken away their livelihoods. It also agreed that the there is a lack of political will amongst governments when it comes to the implementation of the FRA. Most of the parties made promises in its manifesto to protect the rights of the forest-dwellers under the guarantee of Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Acts, 2006. However, until today few communities have been given their due rights and are still facing eviction, threats and violence and are regularly terrorized by the forest department and the feudal powers. It only says the anti Adivasi and anti-forest community character of the governments. The movements working on the Forest Rights Act and its implementation strongly believe that it is very important to comprehensively evaluate the situation in order to ad-dress the relevant issues and formulate and understand an adequate strategy. The government is constantly emphasizing on the new amendments under the Forests Act of India. At this juncture, it is not possible to work in seclusion and it is imperative for all the struggles to come together. To that effect a coordination committee was formed for coordination action all over the country. Major points emerging from the Two-Day National Consultation

The two-day national consultation was organized in the backdrop of the Supreme Court ruling that came in February which posed a danger of destruction of immediate eviction of tribes and complete annulment of the Forest Rights Act. Meanwhile, the proposed amendment of Indian Forests Act, 1927 has strengthened these efforts and the at-tempts to capture the forests and the forests dwellers by the forest department have escalated, again.This is the immediate context of the discourse but the fact which largely emerged was that the Indian ruling class is totally in the fists of national and the international capital, and whose gigantic might was on display in just concluded General Elections.

In the coming days, the corporate attacks on water, forests and land are going to be-come even more frequent. The slogan of „Land to the tillers‟ has now changed to „Land to the corporations‟. The whole focus of the government is on robbing off the wealth from the hands of the capitalists and transferring it to the capitalists. The industrial corridors, Sagarmala, Bharatmala, Bullet Train, Smart Cities, large ports, expressways, and highways are some examples where all the measures have been adopted to transfer their whole profit to the capitalist class. A major challenge before the people‟s struggles today is the absence of a strong opposition in the parliament. It is the need of the hour that we go beyond agitating on streets and the politics of demands and focus on generating a collective public awareness which can stand against the burgeoning Fascism and capitalism. Today we are confronted with the challenge to protest the democracy and fight against confusion, fear and hunger- and the people‟s movements have to be ready to fight this.

The main points and proposals emerging from the discussions are as follows:

1. The House rejects the proposed amendments to the Indian Forest Act, 1927 and demands that the Forest Rights Act be enforced effectively. The movements have demanded for years that Forest Act, 1927 should be changed and there-fore, the organizations present in the House will prepare a new draft for this law.

2. The government has understood that the Gram Sabha is the strongest weapon in the hands of the community in this country and thus, it is trying its best to take its powers away in a strategic manner by means of amendments and ordinances. We should prepare to strengthen Gram Sabha. This need was clearly demon-strated in the struggle against Adani in Bastar.

3. Today, the largest threat to the Adivasis dwelling in the forests of the country is from the state violence because the people fighting for their rights under FRA from Kerala to Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and many other states are being arrested in the name of being Maoists and are being tortured. The House saluted the struggle of the comrades locked in jails and condemned the government oppressions. 4. The claims made under the Forest Rights Act were rejected by various ways in a planned manner. At some places, the act was not accepted at all and even today billions of Adivasis and forest dweller families are landless and wealth-less.

5. There is a situation of confusion created due to separate parallel processes of land and forests rights settlements by the government since 1996. More clarity is required from the government and the Courts regarding this.

Proposed future programs and plans:

1. Programmes and protest actions condemning the government actions, forest act amendments will be organized on 22nd July at the village, block, district and state level.

2. The chief ministers of the country will be appealed in person or by letter to present the case in favour of the Forest Rights Act and the Adivasis in the Supreme Court.

3. It was also decided to intervene collectively in the ongoing case in the Supreme Court.

4. It was also agreed that movements will intensify their solidarity to ongoing struggles on the ground and facilitate exchange and learning from each other‟s struggle. 5. Reach out to the progressive and SC/ST MPs of the ruling party and the oppos-tion to inform them of FRA and other laws and our approach to the issue.

6. A committee was also formed to monitor the new measures, tactics employed, changes in the laws and other issues regarding the loot of the resources and then disseminate this information to the grassroots movements in simple lan-guage.

7. A massive demonstration jointly organised by land and forest rights movements in Delhi would be organised on Sansad Marg, Delhi on 28th November. 

The representatives from All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP), National Alliance of People‟s Movements (NAPM), Adivasi Adhikar Manch, Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha (Canning Lane), Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Mahasabha, Shoshit Jan Andolan, Sarvhara Jan Andolan, Bharat Jan Andolan, Jindabad Sangathan, Kashtakari Sanga-than, Adivasi Aikya Vedike (Kerala), Lok Mukti Sangathan, Sarv Adivasi Sangathan, Dantewada, Tribal Foundation of Chhattisgarh, Baigam Tribal Development, Wardha, Gond Mahasabha Chhattisgarh, Bundelkhand Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, Saharaiya Jan Adhikar Manch, Delhi Solidarity Group, Himdhara, Patha Dalit Adhikar Manch attended the conference. 

Regards,

Comrade Jitendra Chaudhray (Adivasi Adhikar Manch), Comrade Hannan Mollah, Prem Singh (Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan), Roma, Ashok Chaudhary (All India Union of Forestry Working People), Madhuresh Kumar (National Alliance of People‟s Movements) Shwe-ta, Sanjeev Kumar, Anil Verghese (Delhi Solidarity Group) Contact for more information: 9911528696 | 9958797409 | 9818905316 bhumiadhi...@yahoo.com

भूमि अधिकार आंदोलन

भूमि और वन अधिकार आंदोलनों का दो दिवसीय राष्ट्रीय परामर्श सम्पन्न 

 

·         देश भर में 22 जुलाई को विरोध कार्यक्रम और जंगल ना छोड़ने का दावा का एलान 

·         वन अधिनयम, 1927 में लाए संशोधन को रद्द करो, वनाधिकार क़ानून का सही कार्यान्वयन करो 

·         नवम्बर 28 को होगा संसद मार्ग, दिल्ली में वन और भूमि अधिकार के लिए संयुक्त प्रदर्शन 

 

नयी दिल्ली, 2 जुलाई 2019 : आज दिल्ली के असम असोसिएशन, क़ुतुब इंस्टीटयुशनल एरिया में भूमि अधिकार आंदोलन के बैनर तले दो दिवसीय राष्ट्रीय परामर्श भूमि और वन अधिकार आन्दोलन और भविष्य की रणनीति संपन्न हुआ। सम्मेलन में देश भर के 12 राज्यों से 200 से ज्यादा प्रतिनिधियों ने हिस्सेदारी की। 

 

सम्मेलन में आये वन अधिकार अधिनियम और इसके क्रियान्वयन के मुद्दों पर काम कर रहे आंदोलनों का मत था कि लाखों आदिवासी और अन्य परम्परागत जनजाति एक अस्तित्वगत संकट के कगार पर हैं क्योंकि 13 फरवरी, 2019 को सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने राज्य सरकारों को आदेश दिया कि यदि वन अधिकार अधिनियम 2006 [एफआरए] के तहत वनवासियों के दावे खारिज किये गए हैं, तो वे उन्हें जंगल से बेदखल कर दिया जाये। हालांकि, अत्यधिक कोलाहल के बाद केंद्र सरकार अल्प निद्रा से जागृत हुआ और सुप्रीम कोर्ट का दरवाजा खटखटाया, जिसने 23 फरवरी को अपने आदेश को संशोधित किया और 10 जुलाई 2019 तक के लिए माफी दे दी। यह स्पष्ट नहीं है कैसे दावों की अस्वीकृति को आधार मानते हुए बलपूर्वक बेदखली का औचित्य सिद्ध किया जा सकता है। चूंकि, अधिनियम के अनुसार कोई भी समुदाय "स्वतंत्र वन्यजीव आवास" और निश्चित रूप से अन्य क्षेत्रों से नहीं, बिना उनके स्वतंत्र और सूचित सहमति के कानूनी रूप से बेदखल किया जा सकता है। यह भी ग़ौर करने की बात है की वनाधिकार क़ानून में ख़ारिज करने का कोई प्रावधान नहीं है । 

 

यह ध्यान दिया जाना है कि, अनुसूचित जनजाति और अन्य पारंपरिक वन निवासी (वन अधिकारों की मान्यता) अधिनियम, 2006, जिसे वन अधिकार अधिनियम 2006 (एफआरए) के रूप में भी जाना जाता है, भारत में पहली बार एक महत्वपूर्ण वन कानून, जो वन आश्रित समुदायों और अनुसूचित जन जातियों पर किये गए ऐतिहासिक अन्याय को मान्यता देता है। जमीनी स्तर पर होने वाले प्रयासों, वन आश्रित समुदायों के देशव्यापी संघर्ष और अन्य नागरिक अधिकारों के कानून के दायरे में आदिवासियों और अन्य पारंपरिक वनवासियों के अधिकारों के लिए जगह बनाने वाले इस ऐतिहासिक कानून को बनाने का मार्ग प्रशस्त किया। भारत में वनवासियों के रूप में वर्गीकृत अधिकांश लोग अनुसूचित जनजाति (एसटी), गैर-अनुसूचित आदिवासी, दलित और कमजोर प्रवासियों जैसे अन्य गरीब समुदाय हैं, जो व्यावसायिक रूप से निर्वाह योग्य कृषक, पशुचारण समुदाय, मछुआरे और वन उपज इकट्ठा करने वाले, जो आजीविका के संसाधन के लिए भूमि और वन पर निर्भर हैं। महिलाओं को एफआरए के दायरे में समान अधिकार सुनिश्चित किया गया है। इस वास्तविकता के साथ, भारत में कई वन निवास समुदायों का मानना है कि जैव-विविधता वाले जंगल बेहतर रूप से बच गए हैं जहां समुदाय अपनी प्रथागत प्रथाओं के साथ जंगलों के साथ घनिष्ठ संपर्क में हैं,  राज्य ने समुदायों को विस्थापित किया है, जो जैव विविधता को प्रभावित करते हैं और अपनी आजीविका के स्रोत के रूप में  हैं। अपने घोषणापत्र में सरकार द्वारा किए गए सभी वादों में से, सबसे मुखर अनुसूचित जनजाति और अन्य पारंपरिक वन निवासी (वन अधिकारों की मान्यता) अधिनियम, 2006 के तहत गारंटी के रूप में वनवासियों के अधिकारों की रक्षा करना था। हालांकि, आज तक, बहुत कम समुदायों को उनके उचित अधिकार दिए गए हैं और अभी भी बेदखली, खतरों, हिंसा का सामना कर रहे हैं और वन विभाग और सामंती ताकतों के आतंक के अधीन हैं।

 

वन अधिकार अधिनियम और इसके क्रियान्वयन के मुद्दों पर काम कर रहे आंदोलनों का दृढ़ता से मानना है कि वर्तमान स्थिति, प्रासंगिक मुद्दों को संबोधित करने के लिए व् विभिन्न रणनीतियों को समझने और तैयार करने के लिए विस्तृत तौर पर जायज़ा लेने की आवश्यकता है। सरकार निरंतर भारतीय वन अधिनियम के भीतर नए संसोधनो पर जोर दे रही है, इस विशेष मोड़ पर वन अधिकार आंदोलन अलगाव में काम नहीं कर सकता है और इसलिए अन्य संघर्षों के साथ गठबंधन की आवश्यकता है।

On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 at 15:33, napm india <napm...@gmail.com> wrote:

Press Invite

To,

Editor / Bureau Chief/s,

New channels / News Papers,

 

 

Subject: Forest and land rights movements and the way forward.

Dear All,

In light of the Supreme Court order on February 13, 2019 order, millions of forest-dependent communities run the risk of losing their livelihoods, culture, and survival. In this context, the movements engaged with these issues related to the Forest and land Rights are organizing a two day-national consultation on 1- 2nd July, 2019.

We request you to send the reporters/journalists from your esteemed papers/channels to attend the press briefing following the consultation.

The press briefing will be addressed by:

 

·         Hannan Mollah

·         Ashok Choudhary

·         Medha Patkar

·         Ulka Mahajan

·         Pradeep Prabhu

·         Brian Lobo

Date: 2 July,| 3:00 – 4:00 PM Press briefing

Venue: ASSAM ASSOCIATION, Srimanta Sankaradeva Bhawan

Satsang Vihar Marg, A-14/B, Qutab Institutional Area,

New Delhi – 110067

 

Regards,

Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch; Bhumi Adhikar Andolan; All India Union of Forest Working People; National Alliance of People’s Movements;  Delhi Solidarity Group; Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch (DASAM)

Contacts:

8010260627, 9958797409, 981890531

Email: bhumiadhi...@yahoo.com

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