Coerced and threatened over the past year, they are fighting for rights over forestland that is part of coal-block given to Tata Steel
In Latehar district’s Jala village, a hamlet of 250 tribal villagers has refused to make way for coal mining by Tata Steel and Adhunik Power and Natural Resource Limited (APNRL) till their forest rights are settled first.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/tribal-villagers-resist-attempts-deny-them-their-forest-rights
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/anumeha-yadav
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tata-iron-and-steel-tisco
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-act-1980
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
