20-05-2025
Committee approves STs community rights applications
Madikeri: Under the chairmanship of deputy commissioner
Venkat Raja
, the
district-level forest rights committee
approved eight individual and eight community rights applications of Scheduled Tribes under the
Forest Rights Act
.
The approval was granted during a meeting at the deputy commissioner's office.
ITDP officer S Honnegowda presented the applications, which previously received sub-division level approval.
Community rights were granted to various tribal groups, including Doddareshme JB Ramu and 96 Scheduled Tribes members, Subba PS and 66 tribal members, Bombukadu Ramu PK and 41 tribal members, JB Kumara and 22 tribal members, Airasuli Ramu PS and 46 tribal members, Jangalhadi PC Mada and 32 tribal members, PM Subbanna and 63 tribal members, and Papanna PS and 51 tribal members.
In
Kodagu district
, 2,847 applications came from Scheduled Tribes, 1,373 from others, and 57 under the Forest Rights Act, totalling 4,277 applications.
The meeting was attended by district SP K Ramarajan, assistant commissioner Vinayak Narvade, Nagarhole Tiger reserve director PA Seema, deputy conservator of forests Nehru, assistant conservator of forests Ananya Kumar, Lakshmi Kant, and deputy director of land records Narayana Swamy.
