Livelihood of people should not be affected in the name of tiger reserves: CPI
The Hindu
They want State govt. to ensure traditional rights of tribal people
The livelihood of people in hill areas and other forest dwellers should not be deprived in the name of tiger reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, said a resolution passed by the Communist Party of India (CPI) in Sathyamangalam here on Monday.
A meeting was organised to discuss measures to protect the livelihood of tribal people and other forest dwellers in hilly areas in which CPI State secretary R. Mutharasan, former Bhavanisagar MLA P.L. Sundaram and the party’s district secretaries from western and eastern ghats districts took part.
Members said that hills were located in 20 districts in the State and most of the areas had forest cover. Over a lakh of people who were living there for many generations depended on forest resources for their livelihood. The State has five tiger reserves, 15 wildlife sanctuaries and national parks and the recent study by Forest Survey of India (FSI) pointed out that the forest cover had increased in the State.
The Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) had bagged the national award for tiger conservation and increase in forest cover and tiger count showed that humans and wild animals could co-exist without any problems.
But the orders passed by the Madras High Court that banned vehicle movement during night hours on Dhimbam Ghat Road, relocating people of Thengumarahada village and ban on cattle grazing in forest areas affected the livelihood of the people directly.
“Senior officials of the Forest Department and the government lawyer refused to object when untrue statistics were presented in the court,” they said. The Forest Rights Act, 2006, ensured traditional rights of tribal people and other forest dwellers. “But the court failed to consider the rights given in the act and had passed orders,” they said.
Members said all the tiger reserves established in the State were against the law as FRA mandates seeking stakeholder’s opinion and ensuring their rights before forming a tiger reserve.
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