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25,000
tribals march into Mumbai
Tuesday March 15, 2011 02:46:54 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai:
Around 25,000 tribals, many barefoot, have reached Mumbai from all
over Maharashtra demanding that they not be evicted from forests
where their families have lived for thousands of years.
Tribal leaders said they have met Maharashtra Chief Minister
Prithviraj Chauhan and other ministers but have not got
satisfactory assurances from the government.
"We are not asking for anything new. We have lived in the forest
for thousands of years. All we ask is the right to continue living
in forests without unlawful eviction," said activist Madhubai from
Dahnu.
Some of the tribals have come from the far corners of Maharashtra
and have walked for 15 days to reach Mumbai.
"We are asking the Maharashtra government to implement the Forest
Rights Act which gives rights over land and forest to Adivasis,"
said Brian Lobo of Kastkari Sanghtna, one of 40 tribal groups and
NGOs that organised the rally.
"The Maharashtra government's implementation of the act is so poor
that tribals will probably be evicted in a couple of years," he
added.
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