Chamarajanagar: Centre and the state government has been implementing number of special packages to those living in the forest areas of district. Even though there are schemes for uplifting the community, many of them do not know that there is also an attempt to shift the tenants silently.
After central government declared Biligiri wildlife sanctuary in Chamarajanagar district as Tiger reserve area, community members living in Girijan, Soliga and Lambani tandas have been affected.
Budibadaga Rangasandra tanda residents living in Punajanoor forest area of Chamarajanagar district were using forest water. But the forest department has put break by erecting solar fences at the end of residential and forest area declaring it as the tiger descents protected area. As a result of this, people cannot enter the area as forest officials have locked the fence gates. Now they do not have the basic facility of getting drinking water.
By seeing all these developments, Girijan, soliga and lambani community members will be forced to leave their forests one day or the other.
