: Netarhat Field Firing Range will not be re-notified, says Jharkhand government #IndiaNEWS The Jharkhand government on Wednesday said that it will not renew the notification of the Netarhat Field Firing

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Netarhat Field Firing Range will not be re-notified, says Jharkhand government #IndiaNEWS
The Jharkhand government on Wednesday said that it will not renew the notification of the Netarhat Field Firing Range, which is spread over 1,470 square kilometres of land across 245 villages in two districts, The Indian Express reported.The development came after a memorandum was submitted by gram pradhans of 39 revenue villages in Latehar and Gumla districts to not re-notify the army field firing range.“The struggle of thousands of Adivasis for 30 years will come to an end,� a government release said. “The Chief Minister [Hemant Soren] decided not to re-notify the Netarhat Field Firing Range, which had started in 1964.�The Jharkhand government noted that the residents had decided to not let the Field Firing Range remain notified for practice.The memorandum submitted by the gram pradhans to the governor stated that the region comes under the Fifth Schedule Area and is governed under the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996. The Act gives the power to the gram sabhas to decide on community resources in these areas, the Jharkhand government noted.Started in 1964, the Army carried out firing exercises at the range.For decades now, Adivasis have protested against the decision to convert Netarhat into a field firing range for the army. In 1994, because of the...Read more

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