New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, the Chhattisgarh government and the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (RRVUNL) on a plea seeking enforcement of community forest rights of residents of a village near the Parsa East and Kete Basen (PEKB) coal block.
Community forest rights in Chhattisgarh give local tribal groups and forest dwellers legal power to protect, manage and use their traditional forest lands.