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Despite being eligible under Forests Rights Act, 80 Koya Adivasi families living on 200 acres of land beaten up and forcefully displaced for the @HarithaHaram plantation drive in Telangana. Hear women narrate the ordeal
Demands:
1. Clear directions to be issued to stop any eviction and displacement of the tribals.
2. Compensate the tribals for the crops and vegetables destroyed by the police & allow them to cultivate without any threat of detention under PD Act (Preventive Detention)
3. Immediately implement due processes required for recognition of rights under Forest Rights Act (FRA) & no plantation work to be carried out until then
4. Immediate inquiry into the eviction and violence meted out by the forest officials and police department. Their actions are in violation of the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, PESA & FRA.
Issued by DCP (Cyber Crime Unit) Special Cell Anyesh Roy, the said notice says, "In the above mentioned complaint of Hon'ble Cabinet Minister Shri Prakash Javdekar regarding the incident getting multiple emails on his email address with the subject name similar to "EIA 2020". After the investigation, mainly below mentioned website is sending emails to him. Their unlawful activities on this website may disturb peace, sovereignty of India."
"[13:43, 24/07/2020] in whatsapp: He is the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
[13:43, 24/07/2020] in whatapp: Means media will keep quiet, forests and environment pave way for the heavy industries as we can see with the Draft EIA...