Archive · 20 May 2025
Coffee Farmers Accuse Forest Dept. of Land Grabbing
The Karnataka Coffee Farmers' Association claims the forest department is taking land from villagers.
They stopped a survey in Kalkandur village, arguing the land was granted to them long ago.
The association is worried about the process of acquiring land and wants a survey to check who owns what.
They mentioned 7,500 acres of leased forest land used for coffee, rubber, and tea before India was independent, implying that the current actions of forest department may be related to the land leased before.
Karnataka Coffee Farmers' Association accuses the forest department of land grabbing.
Farmers stopped a forest department survey in Kalkandur village.
The land was allegedly granted to villagers years ago.
The association wants a survey of 'Paisari lands' in Kodagu.
7,500 acres of forest land leased before Independence was mentioned.
- Who
- Karnataka Coffee Farmers' Association and the forest department.
- What
- Accusations of land grabbing and surveying of land.
- When
- Before and after India's Independence
- Where
- Kalkandur village, Somwarpet and Kodagu district.
- Why
- To conduct a survey regarding land ownership and land grabbing allegations.
Coffee Farmers' Association
Forest Department
Land Ownership
Coffee Farmers' Association
The forest department is grabbing land that was granted to villagers long ago.
Forest Department
The forest department is acting to protect and reclaim forest land.
- Association
- Karnataka Coffee Farmers' Association
- Location of dispute
- Kalkandur village, Somwarpet
- Allegation
- Land grabbing by Forest Department
- Land Type
- Paisari Lands
- Suggestion
- Comprehensive survey of Paisari lands in Kodagu.
