Bhubaneswar:Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, has directed the Home Department, Excise Department, and Forest and Environment Department to conducte review of cases involving tribals in the state on Wednesday.
During the review meeting, it was decided that 48,018 cases pertaining to forest activities and deforestation involving these three departments would be reviewed and subsequently be withdrawn.
Of these cases, 36,581 fall under the jurisdiction of the Excise Department, 9,846 under the Home Department, and 1,591 under the Forest and Environment Department..
