India, March 18 -- Relocation plan aims to move Maasai communities from Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Government says move will protect ecosystems, but critics warn of forced displacement

New settlements criticised as culturally unsuitable and poorly resourced

Rights groups raise concerns over lack of genuine consent and reduced local services

Debate intensifies over conservation, tourism and Indigenous land rights

At dusk, bats slip quietly into a house in Msomera village - a house that was never truly lived in. Hanging from the rafters of a three-bedroom home built under a government relocation scheme, they fill a silence where a family was meant to be. There are no cooking fires, no cattle bells, no voices.

The house had been allo...