Uttam Gayali, a farmer in Jharkhand says that the centre sanctioned more than one lakh sixty thousand tons of food supplies ( for drought relief) But only about sixty thousand tons were supplied. After three years of drought, the area has got rains and the farmers expect to get their own crops this year. But in the meantime there is anger in the area that the centre kept none of its promise on seed and fertilizer as well. For more details contact Subhash/Uttam Gayali at 7739338917.

Subhash Gayali from Jharkhand says here in villages lots of people are very enthusiastically supporting movement of Anna Hazare. He talks to a villager in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand who says they hope we will be able to defeat the demon of corruption with the help of this movement which they fully support. If corruption is not controlled then we may not remain a free country he says. Subhash ji can be reached at 07739338917

Subhash Gayali from Jharkhand is telling us about an incident today in Noamundi area of West Singhbhum district where village women stopped a govt survey team. The women asked the survey team whether they have permission to do survey from the Gram Sabha. When the survey team could not answer satisfactorily the team was physically stopped by the women’s team. Women said this is a 5th schedule area and no work can be done without permission from Gram Sabha. The survey team has filed a police case. For more Subhash ji can be reached at 092639622

Subhash Gayali is telling us about a one day token hunger strike in front of Raj Bhavan in Ranchi by villagers from East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. He says people said they wanted to protest on various breach of contracts by companies. They alleged that Uranium thrown by UCIL is affecting people’s lives but we are told that Uranium Corporation is under PMs office so state Govt can not help. So people now will be forced to protest outside PM’s office. Subhash can be reached at 09204522381

Subash Gayali is in a village in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand. He tells us that there a public hearing planned by a company on 4th of August to take land for an upcoming project. He talks to an adivasi villager who tells him that they have decided not to give any land to the company and they will oppose the public hearing. He also appeals all the people to support them against this proposed land grab. For more Subhash can be reached on 09835183642