The All Assam Tribal Sangha (AATS) today said eight lakh bighas of land in the 47 tribal blocks and belts in the State have been under encroachment non-tribals, most of whom are people of suspected nationalities. This is despite the fact that the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress-BPF Government in Asom has as many as four tribal ministers.

Naga Hoho, the apex tribal body of all Naga tribes, has condemned encroachment of land at Rangapahar Zoological Park here. In a release Naga Hoho Vice-President Keviletuo Kiewhuo questioned the Nagaland Government as why the state machineries are unable to nip the buds of the encroachers. The body also urged the government to protect the Zoological Park and bring out policies and strategies towards its development.

Digging in to the old records,AIADMK MLA Viswanathan slammed the DMK, Union Road Transport and Shipping Minister TR Baalu in particular, of impeding power project implementation during the AIADMK tenu

The Madras High Court has directed the State government to take appropriate steps to remove all the encroachments on Pallikaranai marshland under the Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act.

The Kerala government filed an affidavit in the high court seeking to extend by three months the court's deadline to evict encroachers in Chengara in South Kerala. Landless people had forcibly

uncertainty continues in Chengara village in south Kerala's Pathanamthitta district where about 10,000 landless people forcibly settled in a rubber plantation in August 2007. The settlers, mostly

the Andaman and Nicobar administration has prepared a proposal to resettle people living on encroached public land since 1978. The plan, which awaits the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest's

As directed by the High Court, the Tourism Department Thursday carried out an exercise to free the Candolim-Baga beach belt of unauthorised beach beds, umbrellas and other encroachments.

A Sindh Archaeology Department team visited the pre-historic site of Lakhian-Jo-Daro near here on Thursday and handed over to the DCO a letter from the director general of Pakistan Archaeology Depart

We talk of herds of wild elephants creating havoc in human habitats. But what about humans who encroach on land especially reserved for wildlife. This has come to light when Early Birds, an NGO working for conservation of wildlife went on a cattle vaccination programme to Chanaka and Bharoitari, both fringe villages of Pobitora wildlife sanctuary. These villages are behind the Burha Mayang hill range and have no road connectivity. The team members of the NGO said that they could see a few dwelling houses next to a wildlife sentry camp and around 100-120 such houses of semi-permanent nature had sprang up in the riverside char areas just opposite to the sentry camp. The NGO said that this kind of settlements is a potential threat to the sanctuary and demanded that the park authorities with the help of the Morigaon and Darrang district administration evict the encroachers. The Early Birds team during the programme vaccinated 412 cattle including buffaloes. A large number of free medicines were also distributed.