Eviction of Forest Dwellers: Raja Muzaffar meets Speaker, submits memorandum to halt drives
Jammu, July 30 -- Share Tweet Share Srinagar, July 30 (KNS) : Amid intensifying eviction drives by the Forest Department to retrieve forest land across Jammu & Kashmir-particularly in the northern, central, and southern regions-a delegation of the J&K RTI Movement (RTIM) and Climate Action Group-JKCAG met Speaker of the J&K Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather, here on Thursday. The delegation, led by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, submitted a memorandum urging the Speaker to intervene and halt the eviction process, citing violations of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006. Dr Bhat, accompanied by Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, District Coordinator of the RTI Movement for Budgam, held a detailed discussion with the Speaker. He informed the Speaker that the...
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