Upper caste people beat dalits for making their own land...

Bineshwar Nayak is a Dalit boy in a village in Ramgarh district of Jharkhand. He is telling us that 1500 upper caste people today have beaten up 300 Dalits in his village. Dalit leader Sukha Nayak is seriously injured. Dalits have developed some forest land to cultivable but upper caste people want Dalits to continue to work as labors in their land. Bineshwar says upper caste people have also got the lands registrered in their name after bribing forest officials, that was the reason of today’s conflict. For more Bineshwar can be reached on 08409482115

Posted on: Jul 15, 2011. Tags: BINESHWAR NAYAK LAND

Adivasis in Hazaribagh decides not to give land to company

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

Posted on: Jul 15, 2011. Tags: LAND SUBASH GAYALI

Today's land movements are successor of Birsa Munda's struggle

Subhash Gayali from Jharkhand is reporting about a function in Ranchi to commemorate martyrdom day of Birsa Munda. He says in the meeting people demanded that all the MOUs signed by Govt must be scrapped and they took oath not to give any land to industry. They said today’s struggle to save our land is successor of Birsa Munda’s struggle against British and we will continue to reach the dream of Birsa Munda. For more please contact Subash ji at 09934190873

Posted on: Jun 10, 2011. Tags: LAND SUBHASH GAYALI

Authorities illegally demolish houses on village forest land

Prakash Gupta from Surguja in Chhattisgarh says authorities have demolished houses of some poor dalits and adivasis built on forest land in a village. According to Forest Rights Act no action is allowed in forest land without permission from Central Ministry of forest. These people were living on the forest land for sometime and authorities accept that they have broken these houses under pressure from powerful people. For more on the case please contact Prakash at 07697852665

Posted on: Jun 08, 2011. Tags: FOREST LAND PRAKASH GUPTA

Birsa martyrdom day: Demand for return of unused adivasi land

Subhash Gayali from Ranchi says some organisations in Jharkahnd have come together to organize 111th martyrdom anniversary of Birsa Munda on 9th June. On that day a march will be organised from his martyrdom place to Albert Ekka square which will demand the return of unused adivasi lands to original owners when the land is not is use as per the time of acquisition. For more on the rally please contact Subhash Gayali at 09204522381

Posted on: Jun 07, 2011. Tags: LAND SUBHASH GAYALI

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