Kinnaur (HP), Mar 21 : Hundreds of tribal men and women marched with wood cutting tools and lopped tree branches demanding acceptance of their rights on forest trees.

Under the banner of Himachal Kisan Sabha, they lopped tree branches and raised slogans for their rights of gathering fuels woods in jungles.

Protesters lamented that the State Government has barred people from their legitimate rights over fuel wood and timber distribution.

Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh), Feb 18 : Tribals and other forest dwellers in Himachal Pradesh protested against non-implementation of forest rights in Kinnaur recently.

The protestors alleged that the government of Himachal Pradesh was not implementing the Central law Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act that gave rights to tribals cultivating forestland for decades.