Times of India: Gandhinagar: Tuesday, 6 August 2024.
The Agariya Hitrakshak Samiti, which has been supporting the cause of salt pan workers known as ‘agariyas’, said that the state forest and environment department has granted user rights to only 497 agariyas.
This number is less than 10% of the salt pan workers who operate in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK), which is notified as a wild ass sanctuary.
It has asked the state govt to reconsider the forest department’s survey and settlement report, stating that the livelihood of several thousand salt pan workers will be affected if they are not granted user rights at the LRK.
“We have made a representation to inform the govt that the activities of the salt pan workers do not disturb the wild asses in the sanctuary,” Agariya Hitrakshak Samiti (AHS) convener Harinesh Pandya said.
He added that the salt pan workers work only for a few months and are only seeking user rights, while the ownership of the area remains with the forest department. tnn
The Agariya Hitrakshak Samiti, which has been supporting the cause of salt pan workers known as ‘agariyas’, said that the state forest and environment department has granted user rights to only 497 agariyas.
This number is less than 10% of the salt pan workers who operate in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK), which is notified as a wild ass sanctuary.
It has asked the state govt to reconsider the forest department’s survey and settlement report, stating that the livelihood of several thousand salt pan workers will be affected if they are not granted user rights at the LRK.
“We have made a representation to inform the govt that the activities of the salt pan workers do not disturb the wild asses in the sanctuary,” Agariya Hitrakshak Samiti (AHS) convener Harinesh Pandya said.
He added that the salt pan workers work only for a few months and are only seeking user rights, while the ownership of the area remains with the forest department. tnn
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