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Land grabbers denude hill, forests in Salem [1]

G Rajasekaran | ENS Salem, July 25

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.

Publication Date: 
26/07/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Forest Encroachments [4], Forest Rights Act 2006 [5], Tamil Nadu [6], Salem (D) [7], New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/salem-d