Panna Villagers Protest Lack of Land Titles by Lying on Funeral Pyres
Residents of several villages in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district are staging a unique protest. They are lying on funeral pyres to demand individual land titles for forest land they have occupied for decades. This 'Chita Andolan' or pyre protest follows the failure of past assurances from authorities. The protest highlights the unresolved issue of land rights under the Forest Rights Act for these communities.
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