Orissa: Forest Rights Activist Attacked In Badrama, Odisha

Orissa: Forest Rights Activist Attacked In Badrama, Odisha   In a shocking development forest rights activists of Badrama Abhyaranya Vikas Parishad were attacked by local goons on 21st March. Badrama Abhyaranya Vikas Parishad has been working in villages in and around the Badrama Wildlife Sanctuary in Sambalpur district of Odisha on the Forest Rights Act. As informed by Parishad members a group of local goons hired by contractors from Badrama area attacked Dushmant Pradhan, convener of the...

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