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Time of India
02-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Jenu Kuruba leaders refuse to call Nagarahole a tiger reserve
Mysuru: Jenu Kuruba tribal leaders from Karadikallu Atturu Kolli Haadi inside the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve in Ponnampet taluk of Kodagu district said on Monday that they will never call Nagarahole a tiger reserve. This is not a tiger reserve. It is just Nagarahole. We were forcibly moved out of our soil in the name of forest-tiger protection, Shivu JA, JK Timma, and Shivamma said. Speaking at a press meet organised by the Nagarahole Indigenous Land Assertion Committee, People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), and Communities Network Against Protected Areas (CNAPA), they alleged that those who don't know anything about the forest are encroaching on the forests in the name of conservation. Shivu stated that all the 52 Jenu Kuruba families now staying in their ancestral land are happy with what is available inside the forest now. "For decades, we were made to struggle in the lane houses," he said. He alleged that forest department officials misused the provisions of the law to displace them. Timma recollected his experience with a tiger conservation project where he demonstrated his understanding of the forest. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Homens acima dos 40 anos estão comprando esse óculos militar Óculos Max Saiba Mais Undo "Unfortunately, those who don't know anything about the forest and wild animals are allowed to encroach on the forests while those who know the forest are sent out of the forests," he charged. He alleged that the tiger conservation projects resulted in the death of tigers. Shivamma urged govt agencies not to displace them as they are leading a real life in their own hamlets. Nitin Rai, an independent scholar who has looked at the socio-ecological impacts of wildlife conservation, and Pranab Doley, a community leader from the Mising community, Kaziranga, Assam, and convener of the Greater Kaziranga Land and Human Rights Committee, who is also the founding member of CNAPA, spoke during the press meet. Rai alleged that govt agencies are misusing the increase in the number of tigers to dilute the forest laws for the benefit of mining and other activities.
Time of India
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Jenu Kuruba families claim land rights in tiger reserve
Mysuru: Members of 52 Jenu Kuruba tribal families from Karadikallu Atturu Kolli Haadi inside the (NTR) in of Kodagu district on Tuesday put up a board in their haadi (hamlet) claiming land rights under the (FRA). Tired of too many ads? go ad free now This board is right next to another board put up by the forest department, warning that trespassing inside the tiger-protected area is a crime. With the board, reading 'Nanga Kaadu, Nanga Jamma, Nangave Alako' (our forest, our land, we rule), Jenu Kuruba families are claiming rights to their ancestors' properties. A decision to put up the board was approved at the Gram Sabha held from 11am to 2pm under the FRA on Tuesday. According to Shivu JA, a tribal leader who chaired the meeting, it was decided to file a case against the local gram panchayat officer under SC/ST atrocities act for allegedly meddling with the forest rights of Jenu Kuruba tribal families, as the local body has no power under the FRA. "Now, we are informed that applications of only 39 tribal families will be reconsidered, and the rest of the 13 applications remain rejected. We will protest this decision," he said. The sabha also decided to urge the state and central govts to implement the FRA scientifically across the country. The families also set May 26 as the deadline to grant them the Community Forest Resource Rights (CFR) and other rights of the FRA.
