Tribal rally at Vyara organised by Lok Sangharsh Morcha on 29,feb.

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Tribal rally

 

for the implementation of Forest Act, 2006

 &

opposing Vijaynagar police firing on tribal,

 

on 29 Feb. at Vyara, District Tapi (Gujarat)

 

Followed by several other rallies in Gujarat & Maharastra

 

As you are aware that the rules for the implementation of “Scheduled tribes and traditional forest dwellers (recognition of forest land) Act, 2006” are declared by the central government with some flaws, after a long delay. In the mean time, massive attempts were made by forest officials for the harassment and eviction of forest dwellers from their occupied land, nationally, which is now needed to undo according to the objective of Act. But it is difficult task; the Government policies running under the neo-liberalism are already abdicating its pronounced commitment. It is acquiring the fertile agricultural land and forest land for MNCs and big corporate houses for the special economic zones (SEZ) & the mining purposes, at one hand and the other hand declaring the rules for the implementation of FRA providing legal rights to the tribal over the forest land. The whole exercise is looking ridiculous and contradicting to each other.

 

Friends, while the conservationists, a section of forest bureaucrats, paper & pulp companies and other wastage interests are campaigning for its non- implementation, only the people’s struggle with the powerful mobilization can employ it in the interest of tribal. However, after the notification, the act required state governments to constitute committees at different level for the commencement of the Act.

 

At this juncture, Lok Sangharsh Morcha has decided to hold a series of tribal rallies in Gujarat and Maharastra for the implementation of FRA. It is started from Vyara; district Tapi on 29^th February, 08 (rally ground is behind DNC market). Twenty thousand participants including the tribal women are expected to come in this rally from different part of district.

 

Rally would be followed by other rallies to different districts of Gujarat and Maharastra like 13 March at Sagbara (Gujarat) Bhusawal on 28 Feb., Yaval on 3 March, Chopra, Dharangaon, Chalisgaon, Nandurbar, Shahda, Taloda and Shirpur (Maharastra).

The condemnation of police firing on tribal held on 13 February at Vijaynagar taluka (Gujarat) demanding for expulsion of culprits would be the other major issue of the rally.

 

The implementation of “Fifth schedule of constitution” ensuring tribal self rule in Gujarat is also one of the prominent issues.

 

Pl. make sure your participation in the struggle.

 

With regards,

 

Ambarish Rai,                                         Pratibha Shinde

President,                                                General Secretary

 

LOK SANGHARSH MORCHA (LSM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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