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New Indian Express
3 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
BJP instigating violence after Kamal Haasan's comment on Kannada: CPI(M) leader Shanmugam
KRISHNAGIRI: BJP is instigating an issue over language between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, after actor-politician Kamal Haasan made a comment on Kannada at a movie promotion, said CPI (M) state secretary P Shanmugam at Hosur on Thursday. While speaking to reporters, Shanmugam said, "Each and every one will take pride in their mother tongue and Kamal Haasan is not a linguistic expert, he shared experts' opinion that 'Kannada was born out of Tamil'. People have the rights to argue or share this view, but they should not indulge in violence. BJP is politically instigating a language issue between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka." Earlier, over 350 people took part in a demonstration organised by the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) in front of the Hosur sub-collector office. During the demonstration, Shanmugam said, "Implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 is poor, forest department officials are ill-treating the poor in forest and sanctuary areas. Chief Minister MK Stalin should convene a meeting with the forest officials on the implementation of forest rights and advise officials to avoid excessive measures against public." He further said there are over 2,000 acres of land in Chennasandiram panchayat in Hosur taluk being cultivated by farmers for decades and patta should be provided to them. Similarly, people without houses in Krishnagiri district should be allocated with land for house construction. The state secretary added, "Effluent water in South Pennai River from Karnataka entering Hosur in Krishnagiri district is polluting farmlands, which should be prevented by holding dialogues between the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka chief ministers. Similarly, effluents released into South Pennai from Krishnagiri should also be prevented." Shanmugam submitted a petition with a charter of demands to Hosur Sub-Collector RA Priyanga, who assured that all issues will be inquired into in a phased manner and steps are being taken to provide patta to the poor and land less. Issues regarding the forest department will be informed to Collector C Dinesh Kumar, Priyanga said. AIKS Krishnagiri district secretary C Prakash also participated in the demonstration.
Time of India
18-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Centre to Karnataka: Mitigate Jenu Kurubas' woes
Jenu Kuruba community leaders allege the forest department installed boards warning against trespassing inside the area BENGALURU: In a significant relief to 52 Jenu Kuruba families of Karadikallu Atturu Kolli , a tribal hamlet located inside Nagarahole Tiger Reserve , the Union ministry of tribal affairs directed the tribal welfare department of Karnataka to take necessary action to mitigate the challenges faced by the community. This hamlet is situated in Ponnampet taluk of Kodagu district, 90km from the district headquarters of Madikeri. Since the first week of May, these 52 families returned to their original haadis inside Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. They are seeking rights on their ancestors' land as per provisions of Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights ) Act, 2006. The forest department earlier asked the tribals to leave the haadi. However, the tribal families are demanding land rights under the FRA. According to the Union govt's directive, it asked the state-level monitoring committee to monitor the process of recognition and vesting of forest rights and resolve such field-level problems. Consequently, the representation is being forwarded to the state govt to take action that will mitigate the challenges faced by the community. According to the activists, all Jenu Kuruba families are now staying inside the tiger reserve. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Want Lower Bills Without Changing a Thing? elecTrick - Save upto 80% on Power Bill Learn More Undo Tribal welfare department secretary Randeep D informed, "We will first ask the district-level committee (DLC) under the DC to submit a report for further necessary action," he said. Jenu Kuruba community leader Shivu said on May 20, a gram sabha under the forest rights act will be held where the decision on the land rights of Jenu Kuruba community members will be decided. "We will seek the opinion of our ancestors on future course of action," he explained. "Out of 10 makeshift huts we built, the forest department demolished four. Now we are staying in three huts while the rest of the huts are dedicated to our gods and ancestors. The forest department are deputed here to monitor us," he said. "Recently, they installed a board warning that trespassing inside the tiger protected area is a crime," he added.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Jenu Kuruba families reoccupy ancestral land in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve
MYSURU: To reclaim their ancestral land, from where they had been evicted four decades ago in an apparent bid to boost wildlife protection and tiger conservation , around four dozen tribal families from the Jenu Kuruba community barged into their haadis, or colonies, inside Nagarahole Tiger Reserve (NTR) on land ought to have been returned to these indigenous people in keeping with the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights ) Act, that has not happened until now. To reinstate their rightful claim over the land, Jenu Kuruba members entered their haadis and constructed three makeshift huts, including two for Odathi (goddess) and Ajjayya (god), the deities they worship.J K Timma, the president of Nagarahole Adivasi Jammapale Hakkottaya Samiti, said they were shunted out of their haadis 40 years ago in the name of wildlife protection."We are now trying to reclaim our haadis. So far, we have not been granted land rights. So, led by community leader Shivu, we decided to return to our ancestral land," Timma the move, Shivu said: "We will remain here.""Tiger conservation is a scheme of the forest department and various wildlife NGOs to grab indigenous lands by forcefully evicting us," he NTR director P A Seema was not available for comments, Kodagu DC Venkat Raja said he sought a report from forest department to Caroline Pearce, the director of Survival International, an NGO, the Jenu Kuruba community's re-occupation of their ancestral land is an "inspirational act of repossession". They're reclaiming what is theirs, in defiance of a hugely powerful conservation and tourism industry that has enriched itself at their expense, she alleged."If the Indian govt really cares about tiger conservation, it will not only allow the Jenu Kuruba people to return, but encourage them to do so, because the science is clear that tigers thrive alongside the indigenous people whose forests they live in," Pearce further reasoned.
