Displaced tribal families from Kawal Tiger Reserve held a protest demanding implementation of pending rehabilitation packages. Officials, moved by the protest, assured action, admitting delays due to poor coordination. The tribals highlighted the lack of infrastructure and undeveloped land allotments
Displaced tribals from Maisampet and Rampur reoccupied a hamlet in the Kawal Tiger Reserve for the sixth day, protesting delays in rehabilitation. They cited lack of infrastructure and unmet compensation promises. Officials say relocation was done in phases
Sources said that the forest fires, allegedly caused by ignition of fire by cattle grazers and encroachers, spread rapidly through the section, destroying the forest cover and claiming lives of wildlife at 11 pm
With the relocation of 94 families from Rampur and Maisampet villages from Kaddampeddur mandal in the core of the reserve, the Forest department secured nearly 110 acres of land.
