My name is Sagnuram. I am calling from Karphi gram panchayat in Pratappur block of Surajpur district in Chhattisgarh. We are 70 adivasi families who are farming on forest land for more than 25 years but we have not got our land deeds under forest rights act. This year also we are cultivating rice and sugarcane etc. But we are hearing that some powerful people are planning to graze our standing crop to capture the land. We need your help. For more Sagnuram Ji can be reached at 09826820081

My name is Natthulal. I am from Ekta Parishad in Tikamgarh district in Madhya Pradesh. On 19th August few upper caste people have taken over land of two adivasis in Suklai village under Badagaon police station. They also beat up the adivasis and have destroyed the standing crop. Adivasis are badly injured. A complaint has been made but no medical check up has also been done. No action of any type have been taken so far. For more Natthulal Ji can be reached at 09977233117

Natthulal from Ekta Praishad in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh is talking to an adivasi called Dattu from village Pacher tahsil Khadgapur who tells him that 3 people from higher caste has registered his land and have started farming on the same from last year. He had no knowledge of the development. As per law non adivasis can not buy adivasi land without the permission of the administration. For more Natthulal ji can be reached at 09977233117

Rajendra Prasad from Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh is talking to Fulbasia and Ramchandar, two adivasis in their local dialect who tell him that forest department with help from Japan is uprooting them from their land which they are working on from generations. They say no one listens to us, when we go to officers and our representatives they show us law. We tell them the only law we know that this is our land, we are using it from generations and we will not give it. Rejendra Prasad tells them that there is a dharna in Delhi on 22nd and they will fight together to save the land. For more Rajendra ji can be reached at 08127922887

Rajim Ketwas from Pithora in Chhattisgarh is telling us about their experience with Swara. She says we are using Swara from last 2 years and today I would like to share the positive results we have had so far. Many people in our area had not got their NREGA wages for months. After reporting on Swara they got the wages within a week. We also stopped some fraud in the scheme after reporting. In some villages there was corruption in Public Distribution system and people who did not pay bribes were not given subsidized ration for months. After villagers told their story on Swara, newspaper people helped us and people got BPL cards and ration within a week. Forest Rights act was not getting implemented properly in this area and when we spoke about it on Swara we got a call from Chief Secretary of the state the next day and higher forest oficials visited and we got our rights under FRA very soon. Swara is a democratic medium of ours and I will request all of us to use it as we have done here, that is the reason I am telling our story today. For more Rajim ji can be reached at 09424215854