‘PODU’ LAND ISSUE IN TELANGANA

About:

• Telangana government has red-flagged encroachment of forests by non-tribals, who are indulging in the practice of shifting agriculture (podu).
  
  
• Several political leaders have raised the issues of shifting agriculture and deforestation wherein encroachers clear a portion of land to raise crops one season and move to a different location next season, thereby clearing large areas of forests.
  
  
• The government now wants to shift out all farmers from the forests to the periphery by allotting lands to them for cultivation.