73 adivasis applied for forest rights, waiting for govt reply from 5 yrs, Pls help...
Jagdish is telling us about 73 adivasi families of forest village Guthwai in Jaba block of Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh. He says I recently visited there and people told us that they applied for forest rights act in 2009 but since have not heard from govt. They are living on this forest land for generations. When they went to block office they could find their names on computer but there is no word on their land. Pls call collector at 9425147740 to help these adivasis. Jagdish@9630095968
Posted on: May 11, 2014. Tags: FOREST JAGDISH
Forest officer took Rs 1200 from 120 of us promising land deeds,Pls help...
Pradeep is visiting Bhitada village in Sondhwa block of Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh where he meets adivasis who live there from generations but dont have any deeds. In year 2012 a forest official collected Rs 1200 bribe from 120 adivasi family and promised them to get land deeds. You are requested to talk to District Forest officer at 07394234530 to get us land deeds and also return the bribe money. For more Pradeep can be reached at 8085902811
Posted on: May 08, 2014. Tags: FOREST LAND PRADEEP ALIRAJPUR
Police arrests 4 activists trying to save Mahan forest against Coal mining...
Kripanath Yadav is calling from Amelia village in Singrauli district in MP to say that police has arrested 4 activists from Mahan sangharsh samiti last night in raid without any provocation. 2 are from Greenpeace. He says they are fighting to save Mahan forest which provides them livelihood and some companies want to start coal mining there. Police is trying to scare people fighting against it, they allege. You are requested to call SP at 9479998880 to help. For more Yadav Ji is at 9753939429
Posted on: May 08, 2014. Tags: COAL FOREST KRIPANATH YADAV MINING
Tiger killed our pet animals but forest officer says it was leopard, Pls help...
My name is Chanchal son of Dharamdas Singh village Kuthulia post Manpur district Umaria MP. A tiger entered my house and killed my cows. It also attacked other farmers house and killed their pet animals too. We complained to forest department and the forest guard has made a case of killing by leopard. The number of Forest Guard is 09977512707. We request you to talk to him to investigate the matter properly so we are compensated. Chanchal@9165046539
Posted on: May 07, 2014. Tags: CHANCHAL FOREST
Saranda forest: Number of mines increasing but no jobs for local adivasis...
My name is Gaju Deogam. I am calling from West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. The number of mines in our Saranda forest area is increasing but we are not getting any jobs. First they said you pass school, now we have also passed college but there is no jobs for locals. In Kiruburu mines they are talking of giving jobs to locals from 2010 but no one has got it in my area so far. Pls call Collector at 09472710699 to help us adivasis. For more Deogam Ji is at 08102262373
