Caste Panchayat forcing us to give Mrityubhoj, Pls help by calling the officer

Raju from Khetarkheda village, Vallabhnagar tahsil in Udaipur district Rajasthan is telling that his uncle died 10 days ago and his Khap(caste) panchayat is forcing them to give a feast ( Mrityu Bhoj) which is illegal. They are poor and will have to sell land for the feast. They have complained to officials but they dont help. The feast is scheduled for 14th Oct at 4 pm and you are requested to call the officials at 02957-240228/233 to stop this. Raju is at 08875541925

Posted on: Oct 13, 2013. Tags: Raju Udaipur

We have no electricity from 5 months, Complaints dont work, Please help...

Raju Kumre from Alampur village in Chicholi block of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh is telling in Gondi language that at one end Govt is making tall claims of giving 24 hour electricity to everyone but in their area the transformer is not working from last May and repeated complaints have not helped. Farmers and students are suffering. You are requested to call the electricity office at 07145248239 to put pressure. For more Raju Ji is at 09617198146

Posted on: Sep 30, 2013. Tags: ELECTRICITY RAJU KUMRE

Please help us stop liquor shop in adivasi villages, Its destroying our homes

Padham Raju from Urladosapelli village, Krishnasagar gram panchayat, Burgampahad mandal, Khammam district of Andhra pradesh says in Gondi language that some Lambada community people are doing business of country liquor in their villages and many Adivasis are spending majority of their income on it while children are starving at home. Please help us stop these liquor shops in Adivasi villages. For more Raju Ji is at 08008743804

Posted on: Sep 25, 2013. Tags: Padham Raju

NREGA corruption was exposed in social edit but no action on officials yet...

Piddugu Raju from Maradubaka village, Kukunuru mandal, Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh is telling us in Gondi language about corruption in NREGA. He says it was exposed in a social audit that the local NREGA officer had fraudulently made up signatures of adivasis and took the entire money himself. Higher officials had promised punitive action but nothing has happened even after repeated follow ups. For more Raju Ji can be reached at 09951570420

Posted on: Sep 24, 2013. Tags: NREGA PIDDUGU RAJU

Interview with a "witch" and request to help get rid of this barbaric tradition...

Raju Rana from Semaria block in Chatra district of Jharkhand is talking to a 75 year old widow Puniya Devi who is called by her fellow villagers as a witch (Dayan). She says wherever she goes the villagers taunt and call her a witch. He says in many parts of Jharkhand there are institutions which declare women witch. Authorities and people working for women’s empowerment should look at this issue. For more Raju Ji can be reached at 09430313721

Posted on: Sep 14, 2013. Tags: Raju Rana

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