The Dalma Puru Chandra Disua Committee in support of Dadu Singh, a resident of Chandil Bandi, said the forest officials had acted with a vengeance.
Jamshedpur: A meeting of Dalma Puru Disua Senra Committee of Asanbani village near Pardih Kalimandir was organized under the chairmanship of Fakir Soran. In the meeting, it was discussed about sending Dadu Singh, a resident of Celiama panchayat Pandi, Neemthi block, to jail in the case of wild boar hunting by Dalma forest department. Fakir Soran said in the meeting: “The forest department has taken revenge by sending Dadusingh to jail.” Dadu Singh was not caught red-handed. The role of forest department should be inquired into. He said that the forest department is taking care of the forest environment with the help of the villagers. But by harassing the villagers unnecessarily in this way, their co-operation and support cannot be obtained. It is not a secret to anyone how active the Forest Guards and Forest Guards are in their areas. He said that with the help of the forest department of Dalma Forest, the work of making liquor is going on inside the dense forest. This affects the forest environment. The department should conduct an investigation on these points and take action against the erring foresters. The forest department should take steps to release Dadu Singh who lives in Bandadi, otherwise the villagers will not cooperate with the forest department in any kind of work in the coming days. Villagers from more than ten villages adjacent to Dalma prepared a strategy to expose the authorities for their rights and entitlements. The villagers are planning to protest against the forest department. He accused the forest department of trying to implicate villagers to cover up its mistakes and corruption. As a result, the villagers have now decided to expose the department officials. The villagers claim that the forest officials are abusing their position and engaging in various illegal activities. Villagers should report these irregularities and corruptions to senior officials and sack the culprits. For this, the villagers are planning to hold a massive movement to intensify the struggle against the forest department. Villagers accuse forest officials of illegal cutting of forests, poaching of wild animals and misappropriation of government funds. Apart from this, the villagers are harassed unnecessarily by the department officials and implicated in false cases, the main demands of the villagers are: Apart from this, compensation of Rs 1 lakh per acre for the destruction of farmers' crops by wild elephants, Rs 10 lakh to the family of the deceased in case of loss of life, government job for one person and grazing rights. The villagers have demanded that the forest department stop vandalizing public places like Sarna daal, temple, crematorium and graveyard in the forest area and stop levying tax on two-wheelers and four-wheelers on Makulakocha deer. Park Check Post. He also said that the road maintenance work in the forest area should be stopped as the trees are being damaged here. All went back after forest officials promised to take appropriate action. The Dalma Puru Chandra Tiswa group in support of Dadu Singh, a resident of Chandil Bandi, said the forest officials had acted with a vengeance.