State yet to enact Forest Rights Act
New Delhi, DHNS: Six months after the notification to the Forest Rights Act, Karnataka is yet to implement the Act, which will accord legal rights to forest dwellers on the piece of land, on which they have lived for generations. On Friday, Karnataka Social Welfare Minister D Sudhakar admitted in a review meeting that the Governor's rule and subsequent Assembly elections in the State had stalled implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (recognition of forest rights) Act, which was notified on January 1, 2008.