Roopchand Dakhme from Ghati village in Kurkheda block of Gadchiroli district says in their village they have got Community Forest right of half the area they had demanded but even after that forest department tried to cut 1000 trees and have cut many. The village protested collectively and said under PESA act forest dept can not cut tree without Gram Sabha permission. He deamnds these forest officials should be punished. For more Dakhne Ji is at 09604155978

Mohan Yadav is visiting Bendri village in Rajura Taluka of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra where he meets a Gond adivasi farmer Suresh Bachate who tells him that we adivasis are living here from generations and farming forest land from more than 50 years but more than 25 families in the village have not got land deed under forest rights act because we are unable to get caste certificate. For more Suresh Ji can be reached at 09823122490

Shantanu Kerketta from Randa village under Lahunipada Block, Sundergarh dist, Odisha is telling that since last 5 years 35 tribal families of his village are not getting the Forest land patta under forest rights act. But now Govt has given the same land to Rungta company on lease where these adivasis were farming from many years. Pls call Collector Bhupen singh Punia at 9438399144 to stop it. For more details you can reach Santanuji at 8763656844

Mohan Yadav is visiting a meeting of Gayta Guniya Sirha Baiga Kalyan Sngh (traditional healers welfare committee)of Bastar in Kondagaon district in Chhattisgarh where they tell him that traditionally the healers do not charge anything for their services. They are discussing on how to continue that tradition and they have decided collectively to also work with patients to save the medicinal plants in forests of Bastar. For more Mohan Ji can be reached at 09479598133

Chhotu Adivasi is visiting a village called Padvar in Banda block of Sagar district in MP. He meets old people of this village of 250 houses of dalits and adivasis. The old men tell him that they are fighting for their land against forest dept from 1975 which they had captured long back. Many had gone to jail but still they do not have any land. State is saying for some time now they will give land deeds but 10 have died without getting that. Chhotu Ji is at 08435117294