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NEW DELHI: A delegation of tribals under the aegis of Samajwadi Jan Parishad (SJP) arrived here on Tuesday to convey to the Chairman of the Prime Minister's Tiger Task Force, Sunita Narain, its intense dissatisfaction with the Government's reported move to relocate them. According to the delegation, there are plans to relocate up to 50 villages - accounting for some 4,000 families -- to create the Satpura Tiger Reserve. For a majority of the villagers, this is the second time they are being forced to relocate by government authorities. Just two decades ago many of those facing displacement now were forced to uproot themselves during the construction of the Tawa Reservoir. Questioning the logic of the relocation plan, the SJP spokesman, Sunil, stressed that the only way to preserve tigers was to recognise that Adivasis were not a threat to tigers. "After all tigers and Adivasis have lived side-by-side for millennia,'' he said. Pointing the finger of blame at Forest Department officials, Mr. Sunil warned that "the Adivasis are the only ones who can contain the practices of a corrupt and irresponsible bureaucracy''. Presenting evidence of such practices, a member of the delegation said resettlement of just one village had resulted in the felling of 50,000 trees in Dobjhirna forest -- dramatically reducing the area available to tigers -- and raised pressing questions about the environmental impact on the region if the Government goes ahead with its plan to move the other 49 villages. Calling upon the Government to listen to the grassroots, the delegates noted that they had developed a "Cooperative Federation of Tribals'' which had successfully coexisted with nature along the Tawa Reservoir for nearly a decade.
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