Bengal: Meeting called, but agitation continues at Buxa Tiger Reserve

Siliguri, Oct 28 (UNI) The agitation by people from 18 villages near Buxa Tiger Reserve will continue despite the Alipurduar district administration calling a meeting on November 1 to discuss their demands. The protesters have been staging a sit-in demonstration for more than three weeks near the main gate of Buxa Tiger Reserve at Rajabhatkhawa. They have made it clear that the agitation will not be withdrawn before the outcome of the meeting is known. The protesters are demanding forest rights and the abolition of the collection of money from vehicles through a check post set up on a PWD…