Srinagar: J&K government has constituted a fact-finding team to probe the alleged violation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, in connection with the demolition of houses belonging to tribal families in the Raika Bandi area of Sidhra in Jammu on Tuesday.Minister Javed Ahmad Rana expressed "shock and outrage" over the LG Manoj Sinha-led administration's "clandestine and unilateral demolition of homes in Sidhra". Rana said the action was "a targeted, cruel eviction aimed at terrorising and marginalising our nomadic tribal communities" without taking the elected government into confidence.
J&K forms team to probe violation of FRA while razing tribal houses
A fact-finding team has been formed by the Jammu and Kashmir government. This team will investigate alleged violations of the Forest Rights Act. The probe follows the demolition of homes belonging to tribal families in the Raika Bandi area of Sidhra, Jammu. Minister Javed Ahmad Rana expressed strong disapproval of the action.
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