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How a Tribal Village in Damoh Fought for its Land and Rejuvenated it
News 18Even a decade ago, the villagers of Phular in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh had no claim on the lands that they had lived in for generations. Chandravati Gaund, who lives in Phular said, “We had to borrow atta from the neighbours to feed guests who would come by rarely.” Else, the nondescript village with 92 houses and 975 people — home to the Gond tribe — survived on kodo-kutki and barley. It was passed in 2006 to “recognise the forest rights and occupation in the forest land of the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers…” A march to remember A year after FRA’s birth, Rajagopal helmed the Janadesh Yatra to better inform the people about the rights granted by the FRA. “Before 2007, only 30-40 families owned agricultural fields,” said Gopal Kurmi, Panchayat Sachiv, a ground-level state employee responsible for implementing all the government schemes under the Panchayat and Rural Development Department. “A member from each family would donate labour to develop small ponds in the low lying places,” said Amar Singh Gound who played a crucial role in identifying sites for making ponds and gathering the village folk for shramdaan.
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