The BJP has taken up the issue of cultivation rights of adivasis and tribals in forest areas in Telangana.
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The Telangana government last year moved against the encroachment of forest lands by non-tribals, who it said were indulging in the practice of shifting agriculture (podu).
Several political leaders have expressed concern over shifting agriculture — in which a portion of land is cleared to raise crops in a particular season before the cultivators move to another location the next season, and to a third area after that, thus progressively degrading large areas of the forest.
To stop this deforestation, the government wants to move out cultivators from deep inside forests to the periphery by allotting them land for cultivation.
Tribal farmers who have been traditionally cultivating for decades would not be affected by this drive against illegal encroachers. Non-tribal farmers can apply to the state government to allocate them land outside the forests.
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