My name is Ganesh Singh. I am calling from Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh. In village Khootatola in Pakroni panchayat nearby my village govt has acquired 20 acre of land by force from adivasis and some work is going on. People have no idea what is the work. Some say it is for some company, some say it is for govt. Even the panchayat is not telling us anything neither govt officials. Please help us. For more Ganesh ji can be reached at 08223817814

My name is Bineshwar Naik. I am calling from Kangi village in Ramgarh district of Jharkhand. We are from a landless dalit family. My ansestors are farming on a patch of forest land from last 40 years but they do not have any receipt for it. On instigation of some villagers now forest department is telling us that we can not do any farming on that land. I request all of you to please help us. For more Bineshwar can be reached at 08409482115

Rajesh Tripathi from Raigarh in Chhattisgarh says that villagers in Gare in Tamnar block of the district have passed a unanimous resolutuon that from now on they will do mining on their land. The resolution by 500+ people says they will form a company and will give royalty to government. They say a survey says each hectare in their area have coal worth Rs 80 crore. According to a study Rs 10 crores are needed to excavate and market the coal. After that they will be able to give Rs 1 lakh to each adult per year. For more Rajesh ji can be reached at 09424183510

My name is Naresh Bunkar. I am from Jan Van adhikar Samiti. Today I am visiting a village for Baiga adivasis called Khairahapara in Pandaria block of Kawardha district of Chhattisgarh. The Baiga adivasis tell me that they used to live in a village on the hill called Terapani when forest department threw them out from there in 2001. In the new villave they have no school, no anganwadi and get no kerosene oil. They have applied for land deeds in 2009 but not got the deeds yet. Where is the money allocated for Baigas going they ask. For more Bunkar ji can be reached at 0872082286

Naresh Bunkar from Jan Van adhikar manch is today visiting village Sitadabri in Pandaria block of Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh where he meets 35 Baiga families who tell him that they are working on forest land from 2001 and have applied for land rights under Forest rights Act. After their application it has come to the panchayat for clarification but the sarpanch has taken a stand that unless Baiga families share the above land with other villagers they not give their permission which is against the law and authorities should look into to help the Baiga families. For more Bunkar ji can be reached at 08717872770