• Lalnunmawia Pachuau

Kum 2006-a film lar leh enhlawh tak tihchhuah Apocalypto en tawh chuan kan hre vek awm e. Mayan civilization hun laia an lal ram tlukchhiat dawn hnaiha inthawina tura an mi man Mesoamerican Tribesman Jaquar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) khan a ramngaw huang chhung a dai chinah khan, “This is my Forest. And I am not Afraid” tia a forest lalram huang chhunga dam khawchhuak tur a beihna hautak tak leh a chhung te a chhanhimna khan tun lai hun inher vel han thlir hian kha film khan rilru a luah thar riau mai.

Kan pi leh pute lo sahzau leh humhalh ram, Chawngtinleri tuallenna buannel ramdai te chu chereu chho zelin sihtuithiang kan dàwn zotui thianghlim vawt raih te kangchat zelin kiam lam an pan chho mek zel a. Hetih lai mek hian Central NDA kaihhruai Sawrkarin duhtawka kan pipu te sahzau ramngaw te lo phîndarh chhoh theihna dan sakei, Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 chu Manipur Zohnahthlak te thlavang hauha kan buai mup mup laiin Lok Sabha-ah an a lo passed fel thên ta mai hi kan ram leh hnam tana mangchhia lo thleng tur a ni si a, ngawihbo pui mai a har a, mit siai khum chi lah a ni si lo.

FOREST CONSERVATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023 A LO PIANG DAWN TA:

Tuna India ram puma ramngaw humhalhna dan kan neih mek Forest Conservation Act, 1980-ah hian sawrkar ram humhalh bik notified reserved forest huam chhunga ramngaw siamna ni lo, development project (non-forest purposes) chi hrang hrang kalpuina tur chuan Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) hnen atanga phalna (Forest Clearance) lak hmasak a ngai a ni. Forest Clearance lak a nih dawn hian ramngaw an tihchhiatna man leh ramngaw dang siam lehna man Compensatory Afforestation (CA) leh Net Present Value (NPV) te pek a ngai thin a ni.

Amaherawhchu, he kan dan neih mek Forest Conservation Act, 1980 hi siam danglam turin Central sawrkar chuan Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 hi a lo duang chho ta a, Lok Sabha-ah an pass tawh a, Rajya Sabha a paltlang a la ngai thung a ni. He Bill hi North East State atangin dodalna nasa viau mahse a hmaa CAB ang khan tlang ngei ngei tura rin a ni a, a kaltlang a nih chuan nakin lawkah Forest Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2023 kan hman a ngai tawh dawn a ni. Hei mai a ni lo, a principal Act – Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 tih kha “Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980” tia thlak hmak tur a ni bawk. (Hindu ni lo tan lam a har vangin sawiseltu an tam hle).

FOREST CONSERVATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2023 THILTUM BULPUI:

He dan bung leh chánga langsar ber, sawi hlawh ber leh NE States ten kan ngaimawh ber chu International Boundary emaw, Line of Control (LOC) atanga Km 100 huamchhunga Sawrkarin National Security (ram venhimna) tura hmalakna project a kalpui dawn chuan Forest Clearance hi neih a ngai tawh dawn lo tihna a ni. Hei bakah hian Railways kam leh Motor kawngpui (highways) kam ramngaw te leh mimal thingpun (private tree plantation) te pawh an tihchhiat dawn leh zauh (extend) dawn chuan Forest Clearance hi dil a ngai tawh dawn lo tihna a ni a, duh tawkin kan rawmngaw te an lo phîndarh chho dawn tihna a ni.

He dan siamna chhan dang pakhat chu Ramngaw humhalh chungchanga Supreme Court thuthlukna (Judgement) pawimawh tak, Godavarman Thirumulpad -vrs- Union of India & Ors, December 12, 1996-a pass tawh sut ṭhiahna tur a ni bawk. He Supreme Court Judgment pawimawh takah hian Forest ram chu reserved forest chauh ni lovin Dictionary-in forest a hrilhfiah ang te a huam vek tiin thuthlukna a lo siam tawh vang a ni.

He dan an lo passed chhohna chhan nia lang pakhat chu Mizoram leh hmarchhak state danga Road/Highways Project an kalpui hian a hringchhuak ti ila kan sawisual lo ang. He’ng Road Projects, Mizoram leh NE State danga NHIDCL leh NHAI ten an kalpui mékah hian Road side-ah ramngaw zau tak tak a inpharh vangin Forest Clearance dil zel a ngai si a, hei hi project timuangtu ah an ngai ber a. Chuvangin hnawksak an ti hle ti ila kan sawisual awm lo e.

KM 100 HIAN MIZORAM PUM A HUAM DAWN EM?

Mizoram state zîm te hi international boundary kan neih Myanmar leh Bangladesh atangin boruakah han teh ila, kan ram pum mai hi international boundary atanga Km 100 huanga khung luh theih niin a alang. Hetiang a nih chuan Central sawrkar chuan national security project-ah chuan duhtawkin kan ramngaw te a lo lengdarh thei dawn tihna a ni. He dan thar hi keini Mizoram mai ni lo, North East State dang te tan hian dan sakei a ni bawk a, international boundary nei vek kan nih vang hian Km 100-in a huam loh chin chu zîm te a ni. NE State dang te pawh hian an dodal nasa hle bawk.

Kan hriat angin NE state chu ramngaw ngah state te kan ni a, Forest cover hi kan nei zau hlawm hle. International border atanga Km 100 huam chinah hian Mizoram hian 85% forest cover kan nei a, Arunachal Pradesh 79%, Meghalaya 76%, Manipur 74%, Nagaland 74%, Tripura 74% bakah Sikkim 47% te kan nei. He dan hi thar hi han lekkawh chho tak tak se NE State tan hian a manganthlak hle dawn a ni.

KAN HMABAK THIM TAK HI:

Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 hi an pass a nih chuan kan ramngaw chereu tur leh kan luipui luang kangchat zel te hi a nasa zual zel dawn a. Kumtin khawlum zual zel kan manganpui em em tawh lai hian he Dan hmanga kan ramngaw an han suasam chho tur hi a lungngaihthlak hle a ni.

Kan ram chhunga Highways project kal mek NH-54 Aizawl to Tuipang, NH-6 Seling to Champhai, NH 302 Lunglei to Tlabung, NH 102B Keifang to Tuivai ah te hian duhna hmun hmuna construction company ten Leivung an paih vanga harsatna thleng te, kan luitè leh luilian thlenga leivungin a chhilh ruih ruih kan manganpui em em tawh laia Dan sakei min han barh lui leh tur hi chu a lungngaihthlak zual hle a ni.

Forest leh Environmental Laws te hi hmasawnna dâltu nia ngai tamtak an awm mek bawk. Dan hmasa Forest Conservation Act, 1980 kan neih mék lai hian hmasawnna hi a kal reng tho a. Dan in a phût ang pumpelh duh lutuk vang leh project atanga hlawkna duh vanga hnawhsarum taka thawk bawrh bawrh tawk lah bo lo. Kan nunna bulpui ber ka luitui luang te, boruak tha min petu kan ramngaw te chereu vek khawp hian hmasawnna hian min vûr se, kan nunna chân si ila enge kan tan sawt ang?

Kan ramngaw chereu tur ngaihtuaha kan indawmkun mék laiin kan hnam nunphung leh sakhua sâwi danglam dawrh thei, Uniform Civil Code (UCC) chu an han chhawpchhuak leh rup mai bawk a. Jammu & Kashmir inhumhimna Article 370 hnehsawh taka ṭhiattu te tan hian Mizo te inhumhimna special provision Article 371G hi ṭhiah a harsa lo khawp ang. A tahtawl hian zawi muang hian kan hnam leh sakhua innghahna lungphunm hi chhut chimsak zel dawn ni berin a lang a, thlasik anga khel lovin Hindu lalram hi a lo piang chhuak ngei in a rinawm.

RAM LO THLENG TUR?:

Mihlim leh zawlnei ni ve lo mah ila, kan hma hun ram lo thleng tur hi ngaihtuahna luahtu pakhat a ni. Hnam bil thinrimna vanga buaina irhchhuak hi khawvel buaina thlentu bulpui ber a ni. He kan awmna planet-ah hian hnam hrang hrang te hian kan survive-na tur kan ngaihtuah theuh a, tu hnam mah hian inchîmral hi kan duh lo.

He Zo hnam tlemte, khawvel ram dang nei miah lo tu te pawh hian kan sakhua, kan culture leh chenna ram suasam hi engtikah mah kan phal dawn lo a, hetianga kan duh loh thil min barh lui zel dawn a nih chuan an cho a, an rîm a, an rîmthlu ta tih hun hi thleng ve thei reng a ni. Ralmuang ber state tiin inchhál mah ila, nun hlàna hnam chhan ngamna hi kan thisen hian a ṭhanhnan tlat vang hian kan thinrim a irhchhuah hun hi thleng lo hram se tih hi kan sakhaw hruaitu te ṭawngtaina hla a la ni fan zawk a nih hi.

Kum 100 liam kal ta aṭang tawh khan he hnam tlemte, uihûm zat lek te hi kan ram ṭhenawm milembia, hnam tlimpui te hual khup karah chîmrala awm lo tura tundin kan ni. Tuipui ral atanga chanchinṭha lo thleng tur hrilh lawk tu ten he ram hma hun hi ‘Relfeltu A awm’ tia an lo hrilh lawk, ‘relfel hun’ hi a lo herchhuak lo ang tih sawi a har ta hle. Kan ram leh hnam tan eng dan sakei pawh lo chhawpchhuakin min lo rapbet mahse, min hualhimtu chakna hmachhuan in he ram leh hnam hi a boral ngai lo ang a, a ding chhuak tho ang tih hi kan innghahna tur a ni.

ENGTIN NGE NI TA ANG LE?

Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2013 kan sawi apianga kan rilrua lo lang chu engtin nge kan lo hmachhawn ang a, engtin nge kan lo dolet ang tih hi a ni. Kan ram hruaitu te leh kan sawrkar hian mutmawh hnarmawha neiin kan ram leh hnam tan hmachhawp an nei tawh em? Schedule Tribes te humhimna bang a suchhia em? Mizoram Forest Act, 1955 kan neih hmang te hian kan lo do let thei ang em? Article 371G hmangin kan inhumhim thei ang em? Nge lawm taka lo welcome zawkin CAB ang khan Lok Sabha-ah kan passed pui leh zawk?

‘Kan Zo tlang ramnuam chhawrpial run i iang e’ kan tih mék lai hian he Mizo hnam hian kan pi leh pu te lo sahzau leh humhalh kan buannel ramdâi leh luitui luang ri heuh heuh te humhim tur hian thuneihna kan nei ta lo chu a nih mek hi! Kan buannel ramdai te chereu zelin, kan luitui thianghlim te kangchata bawlhhlawh hnawlin a hnawhkhah hunah leh kan luia sangha te an thih mang hunah chuan hmasawnna hmachhuana kan sum leh pai hai luh te hi kan chhâwlhal dangchar tulhnawnna turin tangkaina an neih lohzia kan hria ang.

Khawvel hmasawnna leh hnam lian zawk te chimral tawh Cree Indian thufing hian hnu han khar ta ila, “Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money” tia Environment Hlado an lo chham rilzia leh thûkzia hi khawvel hmasawnna hian a takin a tawngchho mék a ni. Mesoamerican Tribesman ten “This is my Forest. And I am not Afraid” ti dap dapa an ramngaw an survive pui lai hian keini Mizo Tribe te hi kan Survive zo ve ang em?

Kan hnam nunna nena inzawm kan ramngaw leh luitui luang, kan ram chhung ngeia hnar neia lo luangchhuak te hi dîm baksak lova an lo suasama an lo phîndarh hunah chuan hmasawnna vanga kan sum thawhchhuah hmang hian Tui thianghlim lei tur kan inchuh tawh ang a, khawlum lutuk hnuaiah air condition tel loa zan mu kan chhin theih loh hun a lo inherchhuak thuai ang. Chu mi hunah chuan Zo thuithiang vawt raih leh Zo thlifim thaw heuh heuh ngaiin kan rûm vawng vawng tawh ang. He hun lungngaihthlak lo thleng tur hi kei ni generation hian tawng lo mah ila, kan tuchhuan ten thlasik anga khel lovin an lo rûm pui tawh ang.