Mangal Kunjam from Dantewada in Chhattisgarh is talking to leader of Bhu Adhikar Sangahrsh Samiti ( Land right struggle committee) who tells him that one after another National Mineral Development Corp, Railway and Forest dept have been taking the land of adivasis and it is continuing till date on one pretext or another. They earn billions and treat their workers from outside well but there is no concern for locals. This will not be tolerated any more. Mangal@09407708515

Mangal Kunjam is visiting Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh with a team of journalist who visited Basaguda today to pay tribute to slain journalist Sai Reddy who was allegedly killed by Maoists on 6th Dec. Earlier Maoists had killed another journalist Nemichand Jain on Feb 12th. He says Journalists are getting pressurized from both sides in South Bastar. They have decided not to carry Maoist press notes and have requested others to do the same. Mangal@09407708515

My name in Sode Mangaiah. I am from Nagendrapuram village in VR Puram mandal in Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh. In our village there is no electricity and we burn wood in the night for light. We have no safe drinking water source. We drink dirty water from stream and are falling ill. We have no ration card and no NREGA job card. Some how we are surviving by doing farming. Pls tell about our problems to officials. For more Porram Ji is at 9573971290

Mangal Pandey from Ambikapur in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh is talking to some employees of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. They allege that they need to bribe to get their salary. If they complain then they are threatened with loosing their jobs. Many have not got appointment letters. They request us to talk to officers at 09425542643/09406038046 and Collector R Prasanna at 09406100100. For more Mangal Ji is at 09424252449

Mangal Pandey Ji is visiting Sargarh village in Jeetnagar Panchayat of Balrampur district in North Chhattisgarh where people tell him that they have not got payent on NREGA from 2011-12. The Sarpanch says though they have got the wages but Govt is yet to pay the material cost after repeated requests. He says that is why they are not interested in getting more work under NREGA. For more Mangal Ji can be reached at 09424252449