Former dacoits of Chambal ravines have offered their support for environment protection of Chambal ravines and urged the Centre to rope them in the fight against deforestation of the land.
They handed over a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to BJP MP Ramcharan Bohra urging that they should be associated in programmes like Clean India Mission or Adarsh Gram Yojna as well.
Concerned over reports that the government wants to flatten the ravines, the former daocits suggested that they should be developed like a sanctuary and dense forestation should be carried out.
"It is a unique initiative in which the former dacoits met at Jaipur yesterday and expressed their wish to protect the Chambal ravines. They handed over a letter to the MP for the Prime Minister with their demands," Vishnu Lamba, organisor of the function, said today.
He said former dacoits like Pancham Singh, Mohar Singh, Sima Parihar, Gabbar Singh, Malkhan Singh and others attended the programme.
