Tribals against forest eviction

  • 20/01/2003

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tribals from across the country will gather in Delhi in March to protest a government directive to clear 1.25 million hectares of forest of squatters. Tribal leaders say the move will deprive 10 million people of their livelihood. The rally is being organised by the Bharatiya Gana Abhiyan, a social organisation based in Orissa.