OLOS-21 : Shantben Makwana

The battle to get my own forest land has been going on since 2007…. In 2007, Shantben Makwana from Charada village of Santrampur block in Mahisagar District, did a Claim Application for Forest Land under The Forest Rights Act-2006 on the land, which her family has been cultivating for generations. Being a Forest Rights Committee Member at the village level, Shantaben knew about the process of individual forest rights claims, the list of documents required, and other procedural requirements. So, she…