The Axe Effect ; Rampant Felling of Trees in Madhya Pradesh Under a Dubious Act Reveals the Government's Callous Attitude.
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Agreen backdrop in the wake of the recent monsoon fails to hide the stumps of fullygrown Sagaun trees that once stood on Kashiram's fields in Dadudhana village of Betul district. The septuagenarian Dalit, along with his son Ramcharan, still awaits payment from a dodgy contractor who logged 200 trees of precious timber on his private land.
The contractor carried out his con under the Social Forestry Act 2001, wherein rules have been simplified to enable people to harvest forest wealth standing on their private land. He tricked the artless Dalit victims by getting a chartered forester to prepare a plan, getting approvals from the Forest Department, felling the trees and pocketing profits from the sale. The real owner was only left with false promises of riches.See the full content of this document
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The Axe Effect ; Rampant Felling of Trees in Madhya Pradesh Under a Dubious Act Reveals the Government's Callous Attitude.
Village after village in Betul, home to Gond and Korku tribals in southern Madhya Pradesh, tell a similar tale. A case in point is 60- year-old tribal Bhabhutya who was paralysed after he was similarly deceived into allowing logging of 150 trees on his la...
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