Forest officer threatening to throw away from our land, please help

Hem Singh Markam is an adivasi from Sujankhar village in Pandaria block of Kawardha district of Chhattisgarh. He says I had reported few days back that a forest ranger is threatening us to throw us out of our village but I got no response. The ranger wants to do plantation on our land. The ranger’s number is 9981635708. He made us work for free promising land deeds.We have never got deeds for our land. People are scared for their future though they have started their farming with monsoon. The number for SDM is 07754254250. You are requested to please call them and help us. For more Markam ji can be reached at 07697818938

Posted on: Jul 05, 2012. Tags: FOREST HEM SINGH MARKAM LAND

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