Synopsis
The Chakma Development Foundation of India (CDFI) filed a complaint on January 20, 2022 against attempted eviction of the Chakmas and Deoris by the State government in connivance with the Oil India Ltd Company without paying fair compensation under the provisions of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 by claiming the lands as forest with the aim to not pay fair compensation and rehabilitation as requires under the LA ..
Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has assured the National Human Rights Commission that there will be no eviction of the Chakmas and Deoris without paying compensation.
The National Human Rights Commission in its order dated 31.08.2022 closed the complaint against alleged forcible eviction of the Chakmas and Deoris from Mudokka Nallah and Sompoi-II villages under Diyun Circle of Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh for the “Onshore Oil and Gas exploration and development ..