A file of Adivasis photographs that were moved from Nagarahole to Nagapura. | Photo Credit: Sriram Ma
When the monzors were standing, Jenukuba Tribal, who re -entered the forests of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, “to get his land”, he would start building houses.
I shiva, leader Nagarahole Adivasi Jammapale Hakka Sthapana Samiti, said: They decided to build in the houses.
A case to be submitted
The ordinary leaders also stated that they plan to file a case against the forest department and officials Panchayat according to the law of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocity) for detaining the rights of people and pulling their legs to forest rights raised adivasis under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006.
A month ago, 150 tribal people entered Nagarahole forests as a sign of protest against delay in granting rights. Officials of the Karnataka and Karnataka State Tiger Protection Force (STPF) (STPF) have tried to prevent this movement and since then tension has been cooked in the regions.
“The forest ward and the forces of the tiger protection are constantly trying to move out of our ancestors. They tried to overthrow the sacred structures we built. There were many cases where they tried to overthrow the three structures in which we are now living together,” said SHIVA.
Long wait
According to community networks against protected areas, the nagarahole communities were evicted in 1985 after the sanctuary of wildlife was declared. The indigenous population was subsequently forced to work as a link workers on coffee plantations. After FRA came into force in 2006, the tribes asked for their forest rights in 2009 and waited 16 years before the officials were acting.
“What happened since 2006 was a complete rejection of these rights and returning from the promise that was made under the Forest Rights Act,” said Lara Jeswani, lawyer at High Court. She said that out of more than three Lakh demands, only 15,000 demands on individual rights were decided.
Political ecologist Nitin D. Rai claimed that Adivasis was carrying the pressure of what the state had to do to fulfill its financial and developmental duties.
“The rejection of forest rights comes directly from (government) must increase the number of tigers in order to prove that they are doing very well on the front of the preservation, and therefore they cannot be questioned by the diverting of forests and the development of infrastructure,” he said.
Published – 2 June 2025 20:47
