No Mid-Day meal from 2 years in MP, Officers demanding bribe of Rs 3000!
Ramkailas Kol from Jaba block in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh is visiting Barattola village where students are not getting Mid-Day meal from 2 years. The villagers complain that a self helf group was appointed to cook mid-day meal but the officials are demanding a bribe of Rs 3000. Villagers want to cook mid-day meal on their own but they do not know where to get permission for that.They say the school also does not open regularly. For more Kol Ji can be reached at 09755626365
Posted on: Nov 27, 2012. Tags: MID-DAY MEAL RAMKAILASH KOL
Upper caste people harass adivasis for taking drinking water in MP village...
Ramkailash Kol with Land Rights cycle rally in Jaba block of Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh has reached Ramgadhwa village where an adivasi woman Surajkali tells him that there is no handpump in the adivasi part of the village and they are forced to go to the part of the village where upper caste people live. The upper caste people do not allow the adivasis to collect drinking water till they have finished with also bathing their cattles. Adivasis need to wait long hours. For more Kol Ji can be reached at 07354671394
Posted on: Nov 08, 2012. Tags: RAMKAILASH KOL WATER
Got land deeds in 2001 but they are still in possession of powerful people...
Ramkailash Kol with Land Rights Cycle Yatra in Jaba block of Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh has reached Chunbhatti village in Khaja panchayat today. 200 dalits and adivasis live in this village. People got land deeds in 2001 but the land is still occupied by powerful people. There is no food in Anganwadi. Health workers never come. 85% people need to go to other state for work. They get Rs 20 for a day’s work. For more Kol Ji can be reached at 07354671394
Posted on: Nov 01, 2012. Tags: LAND RAMKAILASH KOL
60 adivasi families cultivating forest land from 20 years but not got land deeds...
Ramkailash Kol with Land rights cycle Yatra in Jaba block of Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh has reached Koni village where he meets Vishnu Adivasi who tells him that 60 adivasi families are cultivating 110 acre forest land from more than 20 years but they have not got the land deeds. Local landlord Rangdev Brahmin threatens them from time to time with forest officials. Adivasis have won a court case against him but they do not obey court orders. For more Ramkailash Ji can be reached at 07354671394
Posted on: Oct 27, 2012. Tags: FOREST LAND RAMKAILASH KOL
Handpumps not working from 9 months, Old not got pension from same time...
Ramkailash Kol from Land Rights Cycle Yatra on 9t day has reached Adivasi village Atri in Jaba block of Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh. He finds that the two hand pumps for 250 people in the village is not working from 9 months and people are forced to drink dirty water. Officials say they have no money to repair. Many are sick. Ths handpump in the school is also not working.The old are not getting pension from 9 months. For more Kol Ji can be reached at 07354671394
