Mangal Kunjam from Dantewada in Chhattisgarh is talking to a Gondi speaking local Mahua liquor seller. Samruram says he sells one bottle of Mahua liquor for Rs 30 and earns around Rs 800 in a month. He says though his village is just 10 kms from the iron ore mines of National Mineral Development corporation but only one person has got a job from his village so far and he is forced to sell Mahua for his livelihood. For more Mangal can be reached at 09407708515

Mangal Kunjam is telling us from Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh that due to ongoing mining the trees like Imli, Mahua are getting finished in the area. He says forest department only cares for trees like Teak and Eucalyptus. He says adivasis have not got jobs in the mining and depend on these trees for their income. The continuous mining is also destroying their water sources. For more Mangal can be reached at 09407708515

Mangal Kunjam from Dantewada in Chhattisgarh is interviewing an adivasi boy Pankaj Telam who tells him in Gondi that the local mining company National Mineral Development Corporation who is mining in the area from many years is only taking pictures of adivasis to use them in their posters. He says if you go to their offices you will find lots of pictures of adivasis but they have not done much for the development of adivasis rather they are exploiting them. For more Mangal can be reached at 09407708515

Mangal Kunjam from Dantewada in Chhattisgarh is interviewing deputy sarpanch of Hiroli village Sonaram Mandavi who is leading a delegation of 5 gram panchayats demanding a higher school in their area. Mr mandavi says there are around 100 children in the area who have completed education till class 8 but the nearest the highschool in Kirandul, NMDC is more than 15 kms away. They are demanding for this school for more than 3 years but administration has not heard their plea yet. For more Mangal can be reached at 09407708515

Mangal Kunjam is an adivasi from Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh who says Lokpal movement should also reach interiros of adivasi areas. He says there are lots of corruption going on in adivasi areas and corporates are taking away land, forest and water from adivasis by fraudulent ways. Adivasis living in interior areas do not have access to media so they do not know about the Anna movement but the activists should reach these areas. For more Mangal can be reached at 09407708515