Eight Thousand Forest Crime Cases Against Tribal People In Madhya Pradesh Will Be Closed By Government

GG News Bureau 

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 20th May.   The eight thousand forest crimes that have been reported against Madhya Pradesh’s tribal population will be stopped by the state administration. All of the DFOs have received an action plan for this from the Forest Headquarters. All Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs) have received an action plan from Forest Headquarters on this. In accordance with this action plan, cases filed over the previous ten years against individuals falling under the Scheduled Tribe category under the Forest Act of 1927 and the Wild Animals (Protection Act of 1972) will be resolved within the next three months. There are currently 7,902 cases ongoing in the Forest Department and Court, according to the Forest Headquarters.

Out of the cases filed in the last ten years against individuals who fall under the Scheduled Tribe category, an action plan has been created to address 3470 outstanding cases. Forty district forest divisions have between zero and one hundred cases. Of those, eighty-seven are still pending with the Forest Department and are scheduled for resolution in a month.

Satna, Balaghat, Betul, Raisen, Sagar, Damoh, Seoni, Umaria, Anuppur, Shivpuri, and 11 other districts In the Guna forest divisions, there are between 100 and 300 instances. Of these, 2085 cases are still pending with the Forest Department and must be handled within two months. In the Burhanpur Forest Division of one district, there are over 300 instances, of which 513 are pending cases that need to be settled with the forest department within three months. Thus, the Forest Department is currently handling 3470 cases in total.

Over 30,000 cases were filed in the last ten years, with 22,717 of those cases being resolved

The forest divisions of every district have recorded 30,619 cases in total during the past 10 years. 22 thousand 717 of the cases have been settled. There are 7,902 cases that are pending; of those, 4,432 cases are ongoing in court and 3,470 cases are pending with the Forest Department. Through government attorneys, the state administration is pleading with the court to expedite the resolution of the cases that are now pending.