RANCHI, Dec. 24 -- Chief minister Hemant Soren said on Wednesday that his government was continuously striving to fulfill the dream that the ancestors had for the state of Jharkhand i.e.protecting water, forests, land, culture and their identity.

Addressing civil society members, rights groups activities and people in general, who had turned up at the chief minister's residence to thank the latter for passage of the PESA Rules, Soren said strengthening the traditional local self-governance system have been priorities for our government from the very beginning.

"The decision to implement the PESA Act, taken in this context, is now taking shape. Now, our traditional village heads and chiefs will receive their rightful rights and entitleme...