Bhan Sahu Ji is in Bhopal today where she is attending Yuva Sansad program of Ekta Parishad’s Jan Satyagragrha yatra. She is speaking to an adivasi Ashok Singh Paigam from Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh who tells her that adivasis in his district on one hand are loosing land to big industries like Hindalco and Reliance and on the other hand Govt has announced the forest for tigers and they are getting displaced from there too. He says this should change. For more Bhan Ji can be reached at 09893827032

Bhan Sahu is visiting Pandutola village in Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisarh today where she meets two laborers who tell her that 350 laborers from 3 villages worked under NREGA in November 2011 but are still waiting for payment of 4 weeks of work. She also talks to an official who tells her that the cheque has been sent to bank and she does not know why the bank is not disbursing the payments. The laborers tell her that when they go to the bank they say they are busy. For more Bhan Ji can be reached at 09406033089

Bhan Sahu is visiting an adivasi village Pandutola in Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh where she talks to the school teacher who tells her that there are 150 students in the school and the number of teachers is very few. And in addition to that the teachers are often sent on non-teaching work like BPL survey, electoral roll, census etc. They also need to go for long trainings to these works. All of these are affecting the students badly. Administration has been told about it many times but they do not care. For more Bhan Ji can be reached at 09406033089

During Jan chetna yatra in Janjgir district in Chhattisgarh where 34 power plants are coming up she has reached a village called Kerakachhar where she is talking to a villager named Chittaranjan who tells her that in public hearing not a single person spoke in favor of the plant but the company continues to buy land with help from brokers using liquor from this adivasi area. Complaints to officials have not helped. He says govt should do the duty of protecting the adivasi farmers. Bhan Ji can be reached at 08962646922

Bhan Sahu is in Sakreli village in Janjgir district in Chhattisgarh with Jan Chetna Yatra where people are sitting on protest from more than 2 months saying they will not give their land for upcoming power plant. She speaks to one of the protestors Dayaram Rathor who says we are worried about the future of our next generation so we will not give our ancestral land at any cost. We will be happy to give our lives but not the land. For more Bhan ji can be reached at 08962646922