GUWAHATI: The Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 is not being properly implemented in Assam along with other parts of the country. This was revealed by the Asian Indigenous and Tribal People’s Network (AITPN) in its report titled ‘‘The State of the Forest Rights Act: Undoing of Historical Injustice Withered’’ which was released on Monday.
It is also seen that the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 is very slow in Assam and the rate of rejection of claims made by the forest dwellers is also increasing in case of the State.