The Gujjar and Bakerwals community, also known as the shepherd tribe of Jammu and Kashmir, live in the Muslim dominated cold and hilly area of Kashmir during the.
In Kashmir, the long-awaited Forest Rights Act is a boon for some – but pastoralists are anxious
Herders and shepherds, who do not have Scheduled Tribe status, fear that they will be blocked from grazing grounds and evicted from their summer shelters. 2 hours ago Abdul Rashid, a forest dweller and pastoralist from Budgam, is worried about his community s land and their livelihood. | Athar Parvaiz
Thousands of forest dwellers in Kashmir are hoping that the Forest Rights Act, 2006, which is finally being implemented in the region 12 years after it came into force elsewhere in India. will protect their rights over forest resources.
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Jammu, January 18
The audience at a book-release function here on Sunday burst into laughter when National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said he had not kissed his wife since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
The octogenarian leader, who was candid and witty in his 35-minute speech, said one is even afraid of a handshake or a hug in the current situation. I can t even kiss my wife. Who knows (what will happen). There is no question of a hug, though the heart wants it. I am sincere in my words, he said, leaving the audience in splits.
Farooq Abdullah, has no kind of shiness The style of speaking reveals that as he is speaking in America and Trump Lala, was present on the ocassion. pic.twitter.com/eZ6yl1eG6w
Reuters Kashmir to enact India s forest rights law 14 years on, in boost for nomads
Forest dwellers in Kashmir are pinning their hopes on the implementation of a 14-year-old law to save their land and homes, as the government announces plans to evict tens of thousands of people it says are encroaching on protected land. );
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Last month, the forest department of the Indian-administered territory published a list of about 63,000 people it says are living and farming illegally on a total of 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) of forest land.
Now the tribal communities living in the region s forests are looking for protection under India s Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, which is coming into effect in the region more than a decade after it was enacted elsewhere in India.