Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: A meeting of the District Level Committee (DLC) under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, was held under the chairmanship of Kushavati District Collector Gurudas S. T. Desai.
The meeting focused on examining and taking decisions on 40 fresh Forest Rights claims submitted by applicants from Dharbandora taluka.
The committee examined the applications and deliberated on the claims in accordance with the provisions of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, and the applicable rules.
The meeting was attended by the Deputy Conservator of Forests (IFS), South and Kushavati District, the Deputy Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Dharbandora, and the Member Secretary of the District Level Committee.
The meeting forms part of the process of examining claims submitted under the Forest Rights Act, which provides a legal framework for recognising the forest rights of Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers.
