My name is Rajesh Tripathi. I am calling from a rally in Dharmajaigarh in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. As on 2nd October farmers in Jashpur tilled the land acquited by company and the people of Gare village broke the Coal law, similarly thousands have assembled here today to protest the proposed coal mining by DB power and Balco. After a rally now leaders like Dr B D Sharma are addressing the meeting. For more Rajesh ji can be reached at 09424183510

A caller from Nohta village in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh is telling us that illegal mining is going on in the forest in Chhagon range no 19 where with connivance of local forest officer. They are diging out stones in huge quantity from the forest.He says this needs investigating and the culprits should be severely punished. For more the caller can be reached at 09691999181

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

Satendra Oraon from Chatra district of Jharkhand is telling us that adivasis of his area took out a rally today and have stopped the work in the BCL coal mines. He says BCL is cheating the local people and taking away their land and today their main demand is release of their local leader Suresh who was arrested by police who was leading their agitation against the mines. The youth and women are taking part in the agitation in a big way and they are waiting for administration to come for the talks. For more Oraon ji can be reached at 08877038597

Kamal Shukla from Kanker district in Chhattisgarh says Mines department in the district is not giving information about mining in the area giving secracy clause. He says in last 4 years 35 RTI applications were made and in only 6 cases, information was given. In 2 cases the applicant had to go to appeal. Refused cases also include Central Govt’s Bhilai Steel Plant’s mining acitivity in Raoghat area about which the Information officer has said that these information can not be given. For more Kamal Ji can be reached at 09981635944