Forest rights camp in Brahmapuri on Nov 13 for claimants from four tehsils

A special camp for forest rights claims is being held in Brahmapuri in Chandrapur district. According to the organisers, it will be held on Friday, November 13, 2026, at 11 am at the Late Rajiv Gandhi Auditorium, Urja Road, Brahmapuri.

People from the four tehsils of Brahmapuri, Sindewahi, Chimur and Saoli can attend. Appeals can be filed against rejected claims, shortcomings in old claims can be corrected, and new claims can be submitted.

The camp has been organised on the initiative of Congress Legislature Party leader and MLA Vijaybhau Wadettiwar and Maharashtra Youth Congress general secretary Shivani Wadettiwar. Vijay Wadettiwar is also a former Leader of the Opposition in the state. The event will be held in the presence of District Collector Vasumana Pant.

The organisers said the initiative aims to secure justice for eligible people who have lived for many years by farming forest land and are awaiting forest rights titles. The camp has been arranged to help people in the four tehsils who occupy forest, revenue and encroached land obtain recognised forest rights titles.

The camp will look at problems with both individual and community forest rights claims. People whose claims were rejected for technical defects, incomplete papers or other reasons, whose claims are still pending, or who have not yet submitted new claims will be given the necessary guidance and help. The process of appealing against rejected claims, correcting flaws in old claims and filing new ones will also be run through the camp.

The organisers said the forest rights question is tied to the livelihoods and future of thousands of families. Lack of information, errors in paperwork and hurdles in the administrative process leave many eligible families without their due. The main aim of the camp is to give such people guidance on their claims in one place and a chance to complete the required process.

The organisers have appealed to eligible forest rights holders in villages of the four tehsils whose individual or community claims have been rejected, are pending or have not yet been filed to come to the camp with the necessary documents. Villagers have also been asked to tell eligible beneficiaries about the camp and help them attend.

According to the organisers, the aim is that no eligible forest rights holder is denied the forest title they are entitled to, that every eligible family gets justice, and that obstacles to forest rights claims are removed.