Jamshedpur DC asks for 10 decimal of forest lease land for beneficiaries 

Jamshedpur, August 29: The claim records of forest lease received from Dhalbhum and Ghatshila forest division were reviewed by Deputy Commissioner cum Chairman District Level Forest Rights Committee Manjunath Bhajantri.

For review, 42 individual and four community claim records received from Sub-Divisional Forest Rights Committee, Dhalbhum and 142 individual and 13 community claim records received from Ghatshila subdivision were reviewed respectively. There were many such beneficiaries in both the subdivisions who were approved between 2 decimal to 4 decimals from the subdivision level, on which the Deputy Commissioner expressed displeasure.

The deputy commissioner saw the current residence of the beneficiaries through video calls, in which they were found to be living on land of more area than the approval. On the occasion, he instructed the committee members that the area in the proposed forest lease claim is less and impractical, while reviewing it, efforts should be made to approve at least 10 decimal forest lease for such beneficiaries from the Sub-Divisional Level Forest Rights Committee by September 7.

At the same time, he said that the claims of forest lease must be checked for practicality, there is a complete eco-system in the rural residential area, in which people keep a shed for animal husbandry or a fence for greens and vegetables on a small piece of land.