Even as the government moves ahaed with the
Zero Landless Project that provides three cents of land to the landless, the
Tribals in the state are apprehensive over the promised land to them by the
government.
The Adivasis feel that the Zero Landless project will only
sabotage the real issue of landless population in the state. They said that it
will only undermine the Kerala Land Reforms Act, Adivasi Agreement of 2001,
Chengara Agreement of 2009, Supreme Court verdict of providing one acre land
and the Draft National Land Reforms Policy (2013). They alleged that the government by extending the zero landless project to the
tribals is only deviating from their promise of five acres of land to the
tribal families.
The tribal leaders point out that most of the lands earmarked in
Idukki, Kannur and Wayanad for the adivasis were taken over by the government
for setting up various projects.
Alleging that the government was only having a negative approach
towards the Tribals, Adivasi Gothra Sabha leader M Geethanandan said that the
government has scant regard for the various agreements. ''The Chengara package
and Supreme court verdict are all still in papers,'' he said.
Source: The New Indian Express
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