DJ Venkatesh
Diglipur, Apr 12: The Lone Member of Parliament of A & N Islands today staged a Dharna in front of the DFO office at Diglipur. About 50 villagers of Gandhinagar and Shanti Nagar along with other party members attended the meeting. The Dharna was staged against the blockade of the road leading to Gandhinagar, Shantinagar from Bahadur Tikry, after forest fire. The closed road was the only way to reach these remote villages by walking.
Addressing public during the Dharna the MP targeted the Forest Department and said that the Forest Fire is a master plan hatched by Forest Officials.
“The Forest fire is master plan of DFO to evict the people from the forest land. If forcefully DFO evicts them the whole Diglipur will protest against it. Why the poor people who live in jungle will fire the forest?” The MP alleged.
MP said that in 2003 Prime Minister AB Vajpayee had announced that pre 78 encroachers will be given 3 Bhigha of land and other monitory benefits to vacate the forest land but in 2007 the present LG and the PCC chief KR Sharma modified the order to give a house site of only 340 sq. mtr land, which is still pending with the authorities.
“On 4th April 12, the Road clearance from Paschimsagar to Talbagan was cleared by the authorities the fund also released because of my hard work. Now the ZP member Mr. Anil Mondal is sitting on hunger strike, fighting for the same issue. What a mockery? When already the road is sanctioned then why the DFO blocking the road? The blockade should be ransacked by the villagers,” Bishnu said.
Speaking on the occasion Gandhinagar District member of BJP Mr. Sapan accused the DFO of negligence towards forest fire. He said that the DFO was informed about the Forest Fire on Saturday the 29 March itself, but due to delay in decision making the fire spread from Banda Nallah to Ganesh Nagar, Gandhi Nagar and then Shanti Nagar.
Later a delegation met with the DFO along with the MP. The reports say that the DFO assured him of removing the blockade within 2-3 days.
This Dharna was organized by the District BJP Committee Diglipur. Mr. Babul Biswas, BJP State Secretary, Rabati Biswas, President Kisan Morcha, K K Sharma District President, Kewal Krishna District Secretary, Sapan Das District Member, Amitesh Dutta Mandal President , Mrs. Kiran Rao Mandal President took part in the Dharna.
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