More than two decades ago, we petitioned the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on behalf of the indigenous tribals living on the fringes of the Bandipur National Park, on their improper rehabilitation. The tribals had suffered the problems of inappropriate and inadequate Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) post the construction of the Kabini reservoir and the declaration of their forests as a National Park. Though these events happened in the 1960s and ’70s, no R&R of any sort had been undertaken and the tribals had been left to fend for themselves.
Outraged at this injustice. . .
