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The Forest Department has labeled us “Thieves”: Pavitra Mandal

Commitment to Forest Rights

In this interview, Subdarban Jan Shramik Union Secretary Pavitra Mandal tells us about their struggle to get the Forest Rights Act of 2006 implemented and how this has lead to many of Sundarban’s inhabitants being implicated in false crimes and numerous false cases being filed against them.

 

 

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