Aizawl, 5th May 2018: Ten heads of family of Dampui village on the adjacent to Thorangtlang Wildlife Sanctuary in Lunglei District of Mizoram were arrested by Mizoram Police on 24th April 2018 and send to judicial custody. Ten families, like they have doing for many years, cleared the forest for jhum cultivation this year. Sources said the forest which the villagers prepared for their jhums was not inside the sanctuary but falls under Dampa Village Council Jurisdiction.
i) Mr. Lalliansiama
ii) Mrs. Lalliankhumi
iii) Mrs. Vanramliana
iv) Mr. Saihnuna
v) Lalromawia
vi) Mr. Ramthangmawia
vii) Mr.Ngursailova
viii) Mrs Thanchungnungi
ix) Mr. Zarzoliana
x) Mr. Krosmuanpuia
According to The Zozam Times news report Dated 8th November 2012, the Environment and Forest Department, Government of Mizoram offered Rs 10 lakhs each to houses for relocation for the construction/extension of Thorangtlang wildlife sanctuary, but these peoples to receive money stating that “this is our our ancestral land, our only land and we cannot leave it”.
