GUWAHATI, Aug 24: The Assam State BJP today accused Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain of helping illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to settle in forest areas in order to get their votes for the Congress in the elections.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Thursday, demanded a judicial inquiry into the undermining of actions against encroachments in Munnar and the reported leaking of information about the ordinances proposed by the State government.
BJP spokesman George Kurian told a press conference that the Kanan Devan Hills (Taking Over by Resumption of Certain Lands) Ordinance was inten
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: BJP has urged the Government to conduct a judicial probe into the Munnar township issue in view of reports that Tatas had come to know about the Government move to introduce a piece of legislation with amendments to replace the lapsed Munnar ordinance even before the issue had come up for consideration of the State Cabinet.
BJP state spokesman George Kurien told a news confe
Jaipur: Human intervention in the tiger reserve is proving costly with a third man being mauled by the animal in Ranthambore in four months. In fact, several efforts by the government towards tiger conservation have failed to yield result despite several crores spent on the project.
GUWAHATI, Aug 12: Encroachment over forest land has drastically reduced the roaming field for elephants, resulting in frequent man-elephant clashes that has claimed nearly 500 lives in the last ten years.
KENDRAPARA: The crusade against illegal prawn farming is making inroads into seaside villages of Mahakalapada block. In the last two years, the forest and district officials have demolished 1,252 hectares out of the 2,529 hectares being used for prawn farming, said Prasanna Kumar Behera, the divisional forest officer of Bhitarkanika National Park.
FOREST RIGHTS ACT
WHILE the poor and marginalised tribal community is yet to benefit out of the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006, thanks to procedural and legal hurdles, the hill and forest areas in Salem are getting swept by yet another wave of illegal encroachments.
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has told the Kerala government that no encroachment should be allowed in the tourist hotspot of Munnar and a central panel's recommendations in this regard should not be diluted.
In response to media reports alleging a land scam in Bannerghatta, Government Land Protection Task Force Chairman V Balasubramaniam on Wednesday, inspected the Bannerghatta Zilla Panchayat vicinity.
