Scrutiny of 43 forest rights claims done

Panaji: North Goa collector Ankit Yadav chaired a meeting of the district-level committee (DLC) on Monday where 43 claims under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act were taken up for screening.

The claims were filed by villagers from Kopardem, Malpan and Satre in Sattari taluka.Of the 43 claims, the committee approved 29 while three were reverted back to the sub-divisional level committee for fresh scrutiny and verification. The committee rejected 11 applications as they were duplicate claims.The collector has been chairing one meeting every week since chief minister Pramod Sawant announced a fast-track schedule to clear pending claims.