Chhotelal Tirkey from Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh is talking to two laborers from Dumadadh village in Pratapur block who tells him that they worked under NREGA a year back but they have not got their wages. They say they also went to collector and he assured immediate payment but one week has passed since then too. They request us to call Chief Exective officer Paras Painkra at 09406134363 to enquire why the laborers have not been paid from one year. For more Tirkey ji can be reached at 08959951029

Munni Hansda, an adivasi leader from Santhal Pargana region of Jharkhand is leading an agitation against proposed coal mine, dam and a power project in Dumka district. She says they are opposing these projects as it will displace lots of people. Adivasi people are not educated so they will not get any job in the industry. She says adivasis are happy with their life with agriculture and forest and are fighting to save their way of life. For more Mr Choudhary can be reached at 09811066749

Adivasi leader Kumar Chand Mardi says adivasis in Jharkhand are fighting to save their land as their ancestral land is their only source of income and people are winning wherever they are fighting. He says Mittal is trying to come from last many years, so is Jindal and so is so many companies who have signed memorandum of understanding with the govrnment but none of them have been able to take land though government is trying to cheat them in variety of ways.

Ashok Singh Paigam from Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh is telling us the story of Kohram Say Gond an adivasi who is living on a forest land from 1960s. He has paid fines to forest department all these years. According to Forest Rights Act he should be getting the land deed but not only the officials ill treat him whenever he requests for the same, the forest department has burnt his house quite a few times. He requests us to help Mr Gond and many similar adivasis who have not got their legal rights. For more Paigam Ji can be reached at 09893827032

Pitbasu Bhoi from Gram Adhikar Manch in Pampapur village in Surguja district says that a forest fire has broken near his village. More than 10 members of their organization have got injured trying to fire fight but there is no trace of forest department and district authorities are also not concerned. He says this is the way the forest is getting finished. Last year also there was a fire and people from his organisation worked hard. They later heard that Govt had sent some money to reward them but the people who worked have got nothing. For more Mr Bhoi can be reached at 09630209956